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Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic عُمْر (ʕumr).
Pronunciation
Noun
għomor m (dual għomrejn)
- lifespan, lifetime (the entire time of a person’s life; with regard to living persons also: that which has passed of it or that which remains)
- priġunerija għall-għomor ― life emprisonment
1975, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Ħajja u l-Għarajjes”, in L-Għanja tas-Sittin:Il-Ħajja ma’ l-għarajjes
daret kollha daħkana;
għalihom ferħ biss kellha
u daqq u żfin u għana,
xita ta’ ross, xewqiet
f’għomor mimli għaxqiet;- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- age (quality of having lived for a particular time)
- Synonym: età
- fl-għomor ta’ għoxrin sena ― at the age of twenty years
- long time