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Maltese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Arabic قَرْع (qarʕ, “baldness”).
Noun
qara’ m (collective, singulative qargħa, paucal qargħat)
- scalp
- bil-qargħa ― bald (literally, “with a scalp”)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Arabic قَرْع (qarʕ, “pumpkin, gourd”).
Noun
qara’ m (collective, singulative qargħa, paucal qargħat, diminutive qrajgħa)
- squash
- gourd (as a mass or species)
- qara’ aħmar ― pumpkins (literally, “red gourd”)
- qarabagħli ― courgette (literally, “unirrigated gourd”)