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Maltese
Etymology
Inherited from common Maghrebi Arabic, eventually from بِحالِ (bi-ḥāli, literally “in the state of”). Compare Moroccan Arabic بحال (bḥāl).
Pronunciation
Preposition
bħal
- like; as
1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Fil-Ġnien”, in Fl-Arena:Ta’ ferħ u serħ imlietni, u bħall-għasafar
u l-friefet jien għamilt: minn fjur għal fjur
ħsiebi tar bħal farfett, taħt siġra kbira
qalbi fesdqet il-għana bħal għasfur.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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