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Maltese
Etymology
From dialectal Arabic غُرْنَة (ḡurna, “trough”)[1].
Pronunciation
Noun
għorna f (plural għorniet or għoron)
- grotto, cave, den
- Alternative form: għerna
2016 October 20, “Kummenti mill-President Donald Tusk mal-wasla tiegħu qabel il-laqgħa tal-Kunsill Ewropew”, in Kunsill tal-Unjoni Ewropea:Fl-aħħar nett, ippermettuli ngħid li ser inkun kuntent ħafna nilqa’ lill-Prim Ministru Theresa May illum. Xi mezzi tax-xandir iddeskrivew l-ewwel laqgħa tagħha fil-Kunsill Ewropew bħala li dieħla fl-għorna tal-iljuni.- Finally, let me say that I'll be very happy to welcome Prime Minister Theresa May today. Some media described her first meeting in the European Council as entering the lion's den.
- a small hut used to store products
- Alternative forms: għerna, girna
References
- ^ Salmoné, Habib Anthony (1889) An Advanced Learner's Arabic-English Dictionary, Beirut: Librairie du Liban