Maltese edit

Alternative forms edit

  • ilvant (after a consonant, mostly also after a pause)
  • vant (rarer variant)

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Sicilian livanti, from Latin levans.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

lvant m

  1. east
    Synonym: (archaic) xerq

Coordinate terms edit

  • (compass points) punti tal-kumpass;
majjistral tramuntana
(xmiel)
grigal
punent
(għarb)
  lvant
(xerq)
lbiċ nofsinhar
(qibla)
xlokk


Related terms edit