"bħala" meaning in Maltese

{
  "etymology_text": "Derived from bħal + Arabic أَيُّ (ʔayyu), or else just an alternative form.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "bħala",
      "name": "mt-preposition"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese prepositions",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "as, as an example of"
      ],
      "id": "en-bħala-mt-prep-zNeJKCc3",
      "links": [
        [
          "as",
          "as"
        ],
        [
          "example",
          "example"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpħaː.la/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bħala"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Derived from bħal + Arabic أَيُّ (ʔayyu), or else just an alternative form.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "bħala",
      "name": "mt-preposition"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Arabic links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Maltese 2-syllable words",
        "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Maltese lemmas",
        "Maltese prepositions",
        "Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "as, as an example of"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "as",
          "as"
        ],
        [
          "example",
          "example"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpħaː.la/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bħala"
}