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Maltese
Etymology
From regional Arabic زَرْبُون (zarbūn), also زَرْبُول (zarbūl, “slipper, sandal, boot, stiletto”, etc., depending on dialect), from Ancient Greek σέρβουλα (sérboula, “shoe, buskin”), from Latin servulus, servula (“slave”) through some sort of figurative use. There is no relation with phonetically similar Italian scarpone (“boot”).
Pronunciation
Noun
żarbun m (collective, singulative żarbuna, plural żraben, paucal żarbuniet)
- shoe(s)
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Usage notes
- The collective chiefly means “a pair of shoes”. It can also mean “shoes” in general, for which the plural żraben is used alongside.