baħħ

Maltese edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from dialectal Arabic. Compare Tunisian Arabic بح (baḥḥ, “gone”, interjection), Moroccan Arabic بح (baḥḥ, “gone”, interjection) and North Levantine Arabic بح (baḥḥ, “gone”, interjection).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /baħ/

Noun edit

baħħ m

void, emptiness, a state of being deserted
Synonym: vojt

Interjection edit

baħħ

(childish) there it went!; all gone!

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