baħħ

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Maltese

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Etymology

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Inherited from dialectal Arabic. Compare Tunisian Arabic بح (baḥḥ, “gone”, interjection), Moroccan Arabic بح (baḥḥ, “gone”, interjection) and North Levantine Arabic بح (baḥḥ, “gone”, interjection).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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baħħ m

  1. void, emptiness, a state of being deserted
    Synonym: vojt

Interjection

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baħħ

  1. (childish) there it went!; all gone!
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