bajtar
Maltese
editEtymology
editFrom dialectal Arabic بَيْثَر (bayṯar), from Latin bifer. Compare Tunisian Arabic بيثر (bīṯar), بيفر (bīfar) and Libyan Arabic بيثر (bīṯar).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbajtar m (collective, singulative bajtra, paucal bajtriet)
- (properly) figs
- Synonym: tin
- (now often) Short for bajtar tax-xewk (“prickly pears”).