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Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic خَدَّام (ḵaddām).
Pronunciation
Noun
ħaddiem m (plural ħaddiema or ħaddemin, feminine ħaddiema)
- worker, laborer
1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Ir-Riħ u l-Bnazzi”, in Mill-Gallerija ta’ Żgħożiti:Ħarbat, mewwet dawk id-dwieli,
wild il-għaraq tal-ħaddiem,
żomm il-fqir ġol-gorboġ waħdu,
u bla ħobż, bla dawl, bla sliem!- Destroy, kill those vines,
the offspring of the worker’s sweat,
keep the poor man in the hovel alone,
without bread, without light, without peace!