ħażin

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See also: hazin and həzin

Maltese

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Root
ħ-ż-n (evil)
3 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic حَزِين (ḥazīn, sad). The semantic development was probably influenced by Sicilian tristu (evil) and tristi (sad), a doublet pair from Latin tristis (sad). Generally such a development is understandable from contexts like “sad news” and “bad news”, where they are more or less synonymous.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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ħażin (feminine singular ħażina, plural ħżiena, comparative agħar or eħżen)

  1. bad (not beneficial)
  2. wrong; evil; wicked (not moral)
  3. wrong; amiss; erroneous (not correct)

Adverb

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ħażin

  1. badly; poorly
  2. incorrectly