baħħ

Maltese

Etymology

Inherited from dialectal Arabic. Compare Tunisian Arabic, Moroccan Arabic, and North Levantine Arabic بح (baḥḥ, “gone”, interjection).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baħ/

Noun

baħħ m

  1. void, emptiness, a state of being deserted
    Synonym: vojt

Interjection

baħħ

  1. (childish) there it went!; all gone!
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