ħġieġ

Maltese

Alternative forms

• żġieġ

Etymology

From Arabic زُجاج (zujāj, “glass”), a word with several variants (in Arabic and the Semitic languages at large). The Maltese form presupposes *خُجاج (*ḵujāj). Compare the even more distorted dialectal Arabic form قُزاز (quzāz); furthermore Hebrew זכוכית (zəḵūḵīṯ) alongside זגוגית (zəḡūḡīṯ). Doublet of żġieġ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈħd͡ʒɪːt͡ʃ/

Noun

ħġieġ m (collective, singulative ħġieġa, paucal ħġiġiet)

1. glass