duħħan
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Maltese[edit]
Root |
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d-ħ-n |
2 terms |
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Arabic دُخَّان (duḵḵān, “smoke”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
duħħan m (plural dħaħen)
- smoke
- c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tas-Salmi 102:3:
- Għax jiemi bħal duħħan jgħibu; u għadmi bħal ħuġġieġa jaqbad.
- King James Version translation: For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.