ħażin
Maltese
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ħ-ż-n (evil) |
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Etymology
editFrom Arabic حَزِين (ḥazīn, “sad”). The semantic development was probably influenced by Sicilian tristu (“evil”) and tristi (“sad”), a doublet pair from Latin tristis (“sad”). Generally such a development is understandable from contexts like “sad news” and “bad news”, where they are more or less synonymous.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editħażin (feminine singular ħażina, plural ħżiena, comparative agħar or eħżen)