qasrija

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Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic قَصْرِيَّة (qaṣriyya).

Pronunciation

Noun

qasrija f (plural qsari)

  1. flowerpot
    • Traditional (lyrics and music), “Ja ħanina”, performed by Frans Baldacchino:
      Wiċċ ta’ warda bajda u ħamra, għidli mnejn ġabitek ommok!
      Li kont warda ġol-qasrija, kont filgħodu niġi nxommok.
      Face like a white-red rose, tell me where your mother brought you from!
      If you were a rose in a flowerpot, I’d come to smell you in the morning time.