"maktur" meaning in Maltese

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Noun

IPA: /makˈtuːr/ Forms: mkatar [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Sicilian maccaturi, muccaturi, probably from Old Occitan mocador. Cognate with Catalan mocador, French mouchoir. Etymology templates: {{bor+|mt|scn|maccaturi}} Borrowed from Sicilian maccaturi, {{der|mt|pro|mocador}} Old Occitan mocador, {{cog|ca|mocador}} Catalan mocador, {{cog|fr|mouchoir}} French mouchoir Head templates: {{mt-noun|g=m|p=mkatar}} maktur m (plural mkatar)
  1. handkerchief (small towel of cloth or paper) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-maktur-mt-noun-N9A98EIG
  2. kerchief, headscarf Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-maktur-mt-noun-JcSrK81l Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 74

Inflected forms

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  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "english": "To the rock I come and go, on the rock I always walk,\n For I have my sweetheart there, and she waves to me with a handkerchief.\n Darling, one thing I ask of you: Lend me that handkerchief a while!\n Those people won’t even know, and I sure won’t tell your mum.",
          "ref": "Traditional (lyrics and music), “Ja ħanina”, performed by Frans Baldacchino:",
          "text": "Fuq il-blata ġej u sejjer, fuq il-blata nerġa’ mmur.\n Għax hemmhekk għandi namrata, u xxejjirli bil-maktur.\n Ħanina, nitolbok ħaġa: Islifli ftit il-maktur!\n Dawk in-nies ma jkunux jafu, ’l ommok ma ngħidilhiex żgur.",
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          "ref": "Traditional (lyrics and music), “Ja ħanina”, performed by Frans Baldacchino:",
          "text": "Fuq il-blata ġej u sejjer, fuq il-blata nerġa’ mmur.\n Għax hemmhekk għandi namrata, u xxejjirli bil-maktur.\n Ħanina, nitolbok ħaġa: Islifli ftit il-maktur!\n Dawk in-nies ma jkunux jafu, ’l ommok ma ngħidilhiex żgur.",
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