ħajr
Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic خَيْر (ḵayr, “good, goodness”). For the sense compare the phrase جَزاكَ اللهُ خَيْرَا (jazāka llāhu ḵayrā, “thank you!”, literally “may God give you good reward!”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ħajr/
Noun
ħajr m
- (chiefly in expressions) thanks, thankfulness
- Synonym: ringrazzjament
- Niżżik ħajr!
- Thank you!
- (literally, “I give you thanks!”)
- Il-Kelma tal-Mulej. — Ħajr lil Alla!
- The Word of the Lord. — Thanks be to God! (Response phrase in Catholic Mass after the Bible reading)
Related terms
- aħjar
See also
- iżża