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Where does “dejjaq” come from?

dejjaq (Maltese) comes from Arabic ضَيِّق — narrow, pressed.

dejjaq (Maltese): narrow; to narrow; make something narrow; to...

Definitions

  1. narrow; to narrow; make something narrow; to...

Ancestry of “dejjaq”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicضَيِّقnarrow, pressed
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