baħħ
Maltese
Etymology
Inherited from dialectal Arabic. Compare North Levantine Arabic بح (baḥḥ, “gone”), also a children's word.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baħ/
Noun
baħħ m
- void, emptiness, a state of being deserted
- Synonym: vojt
Interjection
baħħ
- (childish) there it went!; all gone!