ħażin

See also: hazin and həzin

Maltese

Root
ħ-ż-n (evil)
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic حَزِين (ḥazīn, “sad”). The semantic development was probably influenced by Sicilian tristu (“evil”) and tristi (“sad”), a doublet pair from Latin tristis (“sad”). Generally such a development is understandable from contexts like “sad news” and “bad news”, where they are more or less synonymous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħaˈziːn/

Adjective

ħażin (feminine singular ħażina, plural ħżiena, comparative agħar or eħżen)

1. bad (not beneficial)
2. wrong; evil; wicked (not moral)
3. wrong; amiss; erroneous (not correct)

Adverb

ħażin

1. badly; poorly
2. incorrectly