bajtar

Maltese

Etymology

From dialectal Arabic بَيْثَر (bayṯar), from Latin bifer. Compare Tunisian Arabic بيثر (bīṯar), بيفر (bīfar) and Libyan Arabic بيثر (bīṯar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaj.tar/

Noun

bajtar m (collective, singulative bajtra, paucal bajtriet)

1. (properly) figs

   Synonym: tin

2. (now often) Short for bajtar tax-xewk (“prickly pears”).