"bosta" meaning in Maltese

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        "2": "ar",
        "3": "بَسْطة",
        "t": "width, ampleness, increase, excellence"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic بَسْطة (basṭa, “width, ampleness, increase, excellence”)",
      "name": "inh"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "",
        "3": "bosta"
      },
      "expansion": "Maltese bosta",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "بُسَطاء",
        "t": "the common people, the uneducated crowd"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic بُسَطاء (busaṭāʔ, “the common people, the uneducated crowd”)",
      "name": "m+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic بَسْطة (basṭa, “width, ampleness, increase, excellence”), rarer also بُسْطة (busṭa). Additionally, Maltese bosta is the regular outcome of Arabic بُسَطاء (busaṭāʔ, “the common people, the uneducated crowd”); it is possible, though not necessary, that this etymon also contributed to the Maltese word.",
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  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 6 entries",
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 2 19 25 2 1 25 2 1",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 1 27 24 1 0 22 2 0",
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          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "much, many"
      ],
      "id": "en-bosta-mt-adj-Fn4CuFG4",
      "links": [
        [
          "much",
          "much"
        ],
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          "many",
          "many"
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ħafna"
        }
      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɔs.ta/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bosta"
}

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    {
      "args": {
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        "t": "width, ampleness, increase, excellence"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "",
        "3": "bosta"
      },
      "expansion": "Maltese bosta",
      "name": "m+"
    },
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        "1": "ar",
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        "t": "the common people, the uneducated crowd"
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      "name": "m+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic بَسْطة (basṭa, “width, ampleness, increase, excellence”), rarer also بُسْطة (busṭa). Additionally, Maltese bosta is the regular outcome of Arabic بُسَطاء (busaṭāʔ, “the common people, the uneducated crowd”); it is possible, though not necessary, that this etymon also contributed to the Maltese word.",
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  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "adj",
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        "much, many"
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        {
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        }
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    }
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɔs.ta/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bosta"
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