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Maltese
Etymology
From the Arabic root غ ل ق (ḡ-l-q). The sense “enclosure, fenced or immured area” was still attested in older Maltese. The phonetic similarity with Arabic حَقْل (ḥaql) is coincidental.
Pronunciation
Noun
għalqa f (plural għelieqi, diminutive għalajqa)
- field
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