Where does “ħal” come from?

ħal (Maltese) comes from Arabic حال, from Arabic و, from Persian یا, from Arabic يَا — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.

ħal (Maltese): state, condition

Definitions

  1. state, condition

Ancestry of “ħal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicحالto change, to be transformed; to shift, to turn,...
2Arabicوand, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or...
3PersianیاAPI •; or; either
4Arabicيَا{{m|en|O|id=vocative}}

Words derived from “ħal”

Every word from Arabic يَا →Every word from Persian یا →Every word from Arabic و →