ħajr
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Maltese[edit]
Root |
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ħ-j-r |
3 terms |
Etymology[edit]
From Arabic خَيْر (ḵayr, “good, goodness”). For the sense compare the phrase جَزاكَ اللهُ خَيْرَا (jazāka llāhu ḵayrā, “thank you!”, literally “may God give you good reward!”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ħajr m
- (chiefly in expressions) thanks, thankfulness
- Synonym: ringrazzjament
- Niżżik ħajr!
- Thank you!
- (literally, “I give you thanks!”)
- Il-Kelma tal-Mulej. — Ħajr lil Alla!
- The Word of the Lord. — Thanks be to God! (Response phrase in Catholic Mass after the Bible reading)
- (archaic) prosperity, happiness
- Synonyms: prosperità, ferħ