malajr

Maltese

Etymology

Probably from underlying *mal-ajr (“with the air”), the latter word being a variant of arja that goes back to Sicilian airu (alongside aira, aria), from Latin aer (“air”). Aquilina’s suggestion to derive it from Arabic ⁧مُلامِل⁩ (mulāmil, “quick, swift”, of a mount) seems less likely.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /maˈlajr/

Adverb

malajr

  1. fast, quickly
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