nofsinhar
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Maltese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Arabic نِصْف النَّهَار (niṣf an-nahār, “midday; meridian”). By surface analysis, nofs (“mid, half”) nhar (“day”). Sense 2 is a calque of Italian mezzogiorno.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nofsinhar m
Coordinate terms
[edit]- (compass points) punti tal-kumpass;
majjistral | tramuntana (xmiel) |
grigal |
punent (għarb) |
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lvant (xerq) |
lbiċ | nofsinhar (qibla) |
xlokk |
Derived terms
[edit]Categories:
- Maltese terms inherited from Arabic
- Maltese terms derived from Arabic
- Maltese compound terms
- Maltese terms calqued from Italian
- Maltese terms derived from Italian
- Maltese 3-syllable words
- Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Maltese/aːr
- Rhymes:Maltese/aːr/3 syllables
- Maltese lemmas
- Maltese nouns
- Maltese masculine nouns
- mt:Compass points