xebba
Maltese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Arabic شَابَّة (šābba), feminine of شابّ (šābb). By surface analysis, xebb -a.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]xebba f (plural xebbiet, masculine xebb, diminutive xbejba)
- female adolescent or young woman; girl (in this sense)
- Synonym: tfajla
- bachelorette, damsel (unmarried girl or woman)
- (religion or dated) virgin, maiden (girl or woman without sexual experience)
- Synonym: verġni