fergħun
Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic فِرْعَوْن (firʿawn, “pharaoh”). The tyranny of the pharaohs, especially with regard to Moses, is very much stressed in the Quran and has become proverbial in Arabic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɛˈrɔwn/
Noun
fergħun m (plural friegħen)
- an evil or unscrupulous person
- a devil