falkun

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian falcuni, from Latin falcō (“falcon”), of Germanic origin, probably via Frankish *falko (“falcon, hawk”), from Proto-Germanic *falkô (“falcon”), from Proto-Indo-European *pol̑- (“pale”), from *pel- (“fallow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /falˈkuːn/

Noun

falkun m (plural falkuni)

1. falcon

   Synonym: (also “hawk”) seqer