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Where does “kelba” come from?

kelba (Maltese) comes from Arabic كَلْبَة.

kelba (Maltese): bitch

Definitions

  1. bitch

Ancestry of “kelba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicكَلْبَة—
Every word from Arabic كَلْبَة →