Ġaħan
Maltese
editEtymology
editFrom Arabic جُحَا (juḥā). The final -n is probably paragogic.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editĠaħan m
- (folklore) A character in Maltese folktales, a “wise fool”, equivalent to the Arabic Joha and Sicilian Giufà, similar also to the Turko-Persian Molla Nasreddin, the Jewish Hershel of Ostropol, the German Till Eulenspiegel, etc.