dejn

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Maltese

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Root
d-j-n
1 term

Etymology

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From Arabic دَيْن (dayn).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dejn m (plural djun)

  1. (finance) debt (money owed; the state of owing money)
  2. (figurative) moral debt (good treatment that one owes someone)
    • 2015, “Tikmixa”‎[1]performed by Sidney Rose Henwood:
      Qatt la tinsa li taw kull m’għandhom.
      Meta żżurhom, tkun tħallas id-dejn.
      Never forget that [old people] gave all they had.
      When you visit them, you pay back the debt.

Verb

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dejn (imperfect jdejn, past participle mdejn)

  1. to sell on credit