ħażin

See also: hazin and həzin

Maltese
Root
ħ-ż-n (evil)
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic حَزِين (ḥazīn, “sad”). The semantic development was probably influenced by Sicilian tristu (“evil”) and tristi (“sad”), a doublet pair from Latin tristis (“sad”). Generally such a development is understandable from contexts like “sad news” and “bad news”, where they are more or less synonymous.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ħaˈziːn/

Adjective

ħażin (feminine singular ħażina, plural ħżiena, comparative agħar or eħżen)

  1. bad (not beneficial)
  2. wrong; evil; wicked (not moral)
  3. wrong; amiss; erroneous (not correct)
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