dejn

Maltese

Root
d-j-n
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic دَيْن (dayn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛjn/

Noun

dejn m (plural djun)

1. (finance) debt (money owed; the state of owing money)
2. (figurative) moral debt (good treatment that one owes someone)
   • 2015, “Tikmixa”‎^[1]performed by Sidney Rose Henwood:

     Qatt la tinsa li taw kull m’għandhom.
     Meta żżurhom, tkun tħallas id-dejn.

     Never forget that [old people] gave all they had.
     When you visit them, you pay back the debt.

Verb

dejn (imperfect jdejn, past participle mdejn)

1. to sell on credit