buqar
Maltese
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editEtymology
editEquivalent to Maghrebi Arabic بُوقال (būqāl), Sicilian bucali, Ancient Greek βαύκαλις (baúkalis), a wanderwort that seems to have been borrowed back and forth throughout the Mediterranean, though it is eventually thought to be of North African origin. The Maltese plural proves Sicilian influence, but the word as such may well have been inherited from Arabic.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbuqar m (plural buqari)
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- Maltese terms inherited from Arabic
- Maltese terms derived from Arabic
- Maltese terms derived from Sicilian
- Maltese terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Maltese 2-syllable words
- Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Maltese/aːr
- Rhymes:Maltese/aːr/2 syllables
- Maltese lemmas
- Maltese nouns
- Maltese masculine nouns