baħħ

Maltese

Etymology

Inherited from dialectal Arabic. Compare Tunisian Arabic بح (baḥḥ, “gone”, interjection), Moroccan Arabic بح (baḥḥ, “gone”, interjection) and North Levantine Arabic بح (baḥḥ, “gone”, interjection).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baħ/

Noun

baħħ m

1. void, emptiness, a state of being deserted

   Synonym: vojt

Interjection

baħħ

1. (childish) there it went!; all gone!