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Maltese
Etymology 1
From Arabic حَارَة (ḥāra).
Pronunciation
Noun
ħara f (plural ħariet or ħarat)
- (Australia, archaic elsewhere) quarter, neighbourhood
- Synonym: distrett
Etymology 2
From Arabic خَرِئَ (ḵariʔa).
Pronunciation
Verb
ħara (imperfect jaħra, past participle moħri)
- (vulgar) to shit (defecate)
Conjugation
Etymology 3
From Arabic خِرَاء (ḵirāʔ).
Pronunciation
Noun
ħara m (collective, singulative ħarja, paucal ħarjiet, diminutive ħrajwa)
- (vulgar) shit (excrement)
- riħa ta’ ħara ― smell of shit
- (vulgar) conceit
- (vulgar) trouble
- Synonym: inkwiet
- Ħa ddaħħalni f’ħafna ħara. ― You’re going to get me into a lot of trouble.
- (vulgar) bad, wicked person
- Kemm hu ħara dak ir-raġel. ― That man is such a shit.
- (vulgar) fuckfaced person
- Ilbieraħ mar il-bar u sar ħara. ― Yesterday he went to the bar and got fuckfaced.