ħajr

Maltese

Root
ħ-j-r
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic خَيْر (ḵayr, “good, goodness”). For the sense compare the phrase جَزاكَ اللهُ خَيْرَا (jazāka llāhu ḵayrā, “thank you!”, literally “may God give you good reward!”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħajr/

Noun

ħajr m

1. (chiefly in expressions) thanks, thankfulness

   Synonym: ringrazzjament

   Niżżik ħajr! ― Thank you! (literally, “I give you thanks!”)

   Il-Kelma tal-Mulej. — Ħajr lil Alla!

   The Word of the Lord. — Thanks be to God! (Response phrase in Catholic Mass after the Bible reading)

   • 2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:

     “Diġà għidtlek. M’għandix bżonn teżori, Sur Antonio. Il-ktieb tal-matematika rigal kbir u biżżejjed għalija. Niżżik ħajr mill-qalb.”

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. allurement, attraction

See also

• iżża