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Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic خَيْر (ḵayr, “good, goodness”). For the sense compare the phrase جَزاكَ اللهُ خَيْرَا (jazāka llāhu ḵayrā, “thank you!”, literally “may God give you good reward!”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ħajr m
- (chiefly in expressions) thanks, thankfulness
- Synonym: ringrazzjament
- Niżżik ħajr! ― Thank you! (literally, “I give you thanks!”)
Il-Kelma tal-Mulej. — Ħajr lil Alla!- The Word of the Lord. — Thanks be to God! (Response phrase in Catholic Mass after the Bible reading)
2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:“Diġà għidtlek. M’għandix bżonn teżori, Sur Antonio. Il-ktieb tal-matematika rigal kbir u biżżejjed għalija. Niżżik ħajr mill-qalb.”- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- allurement, attraction
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