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Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic اِشْتَرَى (ištarā).
Pronunciation
Verb
xtara (imperfect jixtri, past participle mixtri, verbal noun xiri)
- to buy, purchase
2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:Għax meta missieri kien jibni xi gallinar, jew xi xatba, jew xi kannizzata, qatt ma kien jixtri xejn, iżda jlaqqat u jillapazza b’dak li jsib. Imma jiena ma ridtx għarix mibni bl-imbarazz, iżda kamp sabiħ u pulit u b’saħħtu.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- to bribe
- Synonym: xaħħam
Conjugation