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Maltese
Etymology
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
Adjective
ħażin (feminine singular ħażina, plural ħżiena, comparative agħar or eħżen)
- bad (not beneficial)
- wrong; evil; wicked (not moral)
- wrong; amiss; erroneous (not correct)
Adverb
ħażin
- badly; poorly
- incorrectly