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Maltese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From a Maghrebi Arabic form akin to Moroccan Arabic جران (jrān), from a Berber language; compare Kabyle ajṛun. Possibly from an alteration of Latin rāna with initial g- imitating the croaking sound of a frog, as in Catalan granota and French grenouille.
Pronunciation
Noun
żrinġ m (plural żrinġijiet or (obsolete) żrinġiet, diminutive żrejneġ)
- frog