maqdar
Appearance
Maltese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Perhaps from the Arabic root ق ذ ر (q ḏ r) related to “being filthy, abominable, immoral”. Or perhaps from قَدَّرَ (qaddara) in the sense of “to imply, to call someone something”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]maqdar (imperfect jmaqdar, past participle mmaqdar)
- to criticise, put down, find fault with