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Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic زَمان (zamān).
Pronunciation
Noun
żmien m (plural żminijiet or iżmna)
- time
- Synonym: ħin
1966, Anton Buttigieg, “Agnes”, in Ejjew Nidħku Ftit Ieħor:Miexja fil-funeral ta’ kuġintha
mart it-tabib, li mietet fl-aħjar tagħha;
u f’moħħha ħsieb għaddej li t-tabib jista’
kif jgħaddi ftit taż-żmien, jitgħarras magħha.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- period, age (particular period of time in history)
Inflection