sinjur
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Maltese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sicilian signuri, from Latin senior.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sinjur m (plural sinjuri, feminine sinjura)
- Mister, Sir (form of address)
- Synonym: sur
- Sinjur Smith ― Mister Smith
- lord, master
- Synonym: sid
- 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Pjazza”, in Fl-Arena:
- Kulħadd jimxi, kollox lajma,
jirkeb biss xi sinjur kbir:
bini l-għatx u tawni nixrob
minn ġos-satal fuq il-bir.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- rich man
- Synonym: għani