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Maltese
Etymology 1
Perhaps from a merger of Arabic شَنَّرَ (šannara) and شَذَّرَ (šaḏḏara), both roughly “to berate, blame, expose someone’s faults, make notorious, put to shame”, and thence generalised to “revealing, making known” in any context. In light of the frequent use in religious context (“spread the gospel”, etc.), however, compare also Aramaic שדר (š-ḏ-r, “to send”).
Pronunciation
Verb
xandar (imperfect jxandar, past participle mxandar, verbal noun xandir)
- to spread, publicise, broadcast (news)
- Synonym: berraħ
- to divulge, reveal (secrets)
2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:“Jgħidilhom dwar Doris?!” sploda s-Surmast. “Niftaħlu rasu ktieb! Dan mnejn safejn ixandar l-affarijiet privati tiegħi?! Intom għidtuli li se jitkellem biss dwar il-kotba tiegħu!”- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
xandar m (plural xandarin or xnadar, feminine xandara)
- broadcaster