Ġaħan
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Maltese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Arabic جُحَا (juḥā). The final -n is probably paragogic.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Ġaħan m
- (folklore) A character in Maltese folktales, a “wise fool”, equivalent to the Arabic Joha and Sicilian Giufà, similar also to the Turko-Persian Molla Nasreddin, the Jewish Hershel of Ostropol, the German Till Eulenspiegel, etc.