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Where does “ħanżir” come from?

ħanżir (Maltese) comes from Arabic خِنْزِير, from Aramaic חֲזִירָא.

ħanżir (Maltese): pig

Definitions

  1. pig

Ancestry of “ħanżir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicخِنْزِيرpig, swine
2Aramaicחֲזִירָא—
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