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Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic طِين (ṭīn). Some older Gozitan dialects regularly diphthongised /iː/ and /uː/ in the vicinity of emphatic consonants. In tajn, this diphthongisation established itself more widely probably because it prevented homophony with tin (“figs”), from Arabic تِين (tīn).
Pronunciation
Noun
tajn m (plural tjun)
- mud
- Hyponym: fangu
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