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Maltese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Sicilian sciorta, sorta, from Latin sors. Doublet of xorti (“fate, luck”). In contemporary Sicilian the form with sci- seems less common, but it is still found.
Noun
xorta f (plural xorti)
- kind, sort
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Short for xorta waħda (“in the same way, no different”, literally “one sort”) and mhux xorta? (“isn't it still the same?”).
Adverb
xorta
- still, all the same
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