xandar

Maltese edit

Root
x-n-d-r
3 terms

Etymology 1 edit

Perhaps from a merger of Arabic شَنَّرَ (šannara) and شَذَّرَ (šaḏḏara), both roughly “to berate, blame, expose someone’s faults, make notorious, put to shame”, and thence generalised to “revealing, making known” in any context. In light of the frequent use in religious context (“spread the gospel”, etc.), however, compare also Aramaic שדר (š-ḏ-r, “to send”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈʃan.dar/

Verb edit

xandar (imperfect jxandar, past participle mxandar, verbal noun xandir)

to spread, publicise, broadcast (news)
Synonym: berraħ
to divulge, reveal (secrets)

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of xandar
		singular			plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
perfect	m	xandart	xandart	xandar	xandarna	xandartu	xandru
perfect	f	xandart	xandart	xandret	xandarna	xandartu	xandru
imperfect	m	nxandar	xxandar	jxandar	nxandru	xxandru	jxandru
imperfect	f	nxandar	xxandar	xxandar	nxandru	xxandru	jxandru
imperative			xandar			xandru

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ʃanˈdaːr/

Noun edit

xandar m (plural xandarin or xnadar, feminine xandara)

broadcaster