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Maltese
Etymology
Probably inherited from Arabic تَعْرِيب (taʕrīb), though it might have been re-formed independently at some point; compare how Arabic itself freely builds تَتْرِيك (tatrīk, “turkification”), تَرْوِيس (tarwīs, “russification”), etc. The use in linguistics is a recent semantic loan from Arabic. Otherwise, derived verbal noun of għarrab.
Pronunciation
Noun
tagħrib m
- verbal noun of għarrab.
- arabisation
- Synonym: Arabizzazzjoni
- (especially linguistics) the adaptation of a loanword to the phonetic and morphologic system of Arabic or one of its descendants such as Maltese.