Għawdex
Maltese
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Etymology
[edit]From Arabic غَوْدَش (ḡawdaš), eventually probably from a Phoenician root 𐤂-𐤅-𐤋 (g-w-l), meaning something like “turn around”. If this derivation is correct, the Arabs must have got the name from Ancient Greek Γαύδος (Gaúdos), Γαύλος (Gaúlos), perhaps through Latin Gaudos, Gaulos. The specifics of the borrowing are related to the question of the pre-Arabic language of Malta and whether there was any population continuity after the conquest.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Għawdex m
Derived terms
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- Maltese terms inherited from Arabic
- Maltese terms derived from Arabic
- Maltese terms derived from Phoenician
- Maltese terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Maltese terms derived from Latin
- Maltese 2-syllable words
- Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Maltese lemmas
- Maltese proper nouns
- Maltese terms spelled with Għ
- Maltese masculine nouns
- mt:Islands
- mt:Places in Malta