"żarbun" meaning in Maltese

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Noun

IPA: /zarˈbuːn/ Forms: żarbuna [singulative], żraben [plural], żarbuniet [paucal]
Etymology: From regional Arabic زَرْبُون (zarbūn), also زَرْبُول (zarbūl, “slipper, sandal, boot, stiletto”, etc., depending on dialect), from Ancient Greek σέρβουλα (sérboula, “shoe, buskin”), from Latin servulus, servula (“slave”) through some sort of figurative use. There is no relation with phonetically similar Italian scarpone (“boot”). Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|زَرْبُون}} Arabic زَرْبُون (zarbūn), {{der|mt|grc|σέρβουλα|t=shoe, buskin}} Ancient Greek σέρβουλα (sérboula, “shoe, buskin”), {{der|mt|la|servulus}} Latin servulus, {{cog|it|scarpone|t=boot}} Italian scarpone (“boot”)
  1. shoe(s) Tags: collective, masculine
    Sense id: en-żarbun-mt-noun-lErnZUwB Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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      "name": "der"
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      "tags": [
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    },
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      "tags": [
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    },
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    }
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        }
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        {
          "ref": "2022, Nadia Mifsud, meta tinfetaq il-folla, Ede Books, →ISBN:",
          "text": "f’żarbun ġa ssikkat. irkiekel dahri\ntat-terrakotta - ’kk tmisshom,\nisiru frak. dil-belt tentakli waħedha -\ngħoddha qalftitni fatat.",
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        ]
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      "name": "der"
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      },
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      "tags": [
        "singulative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "żraben",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "żarbuniet",
      "tags": [
        "paucal"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Maltese lemmas",
        "Maltese masculine nouns",
        "Maltese nouns",
        "Maltese terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
        "Maltese terms derived from Latin",
        "Maltese terms inherited from Arabic",
        "Maltese terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Requests for translations of Maltese quotations"
      ],
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          "text": "f’żarbun ġa ssikkat. irkiekel dahri\ntat-terrakotta - ’kk tmisshom,\nisiru frak. dil-belt tentakli waħedha -\ngħoddha qalftitni fatat.",
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    {
      "ipa": "/zarˈbuːn/"
    }
  ],
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}

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