qasrija

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic قَصْرِيَّة (qaṣriyya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔasˈriː.ja/

Noun

qasrija f (plural qsari)

1. flowerpot
   • Traditional (lyrics and music), “Ja ħanina”, performed by Frans Baldacchino:

     Wiċċ ta’ warda bajda u ħamra, għidli mnejn ġabitek ommok!
     Li kont warda ġol-qasrija, kont filgħodu niġi nxommok.

     Face like a white-red rose, tell me where your mother brought you from!
     If you were a rose in a flowerpot, I’d come to smell you in the morning time.