buqar

• buqal, boqal, buqqar

Equivalent to Maghrebi Arabic بُوقال (būqāl), Sicilian bucali, Ancient Greek βαύκαλις (baúkalis), a wanderwort that seems to have been borrowed back and forth throughout the Mediterranean, though it is eventually thought to be of North African origin. The Maltese plural proves Sicilian influence, but the word as such may well have been inherited from Arabic. Compare Moroccan Arabic بوقال (būqāl).

• IPA^(key): /buˈʔaːr/
• Rhymes: -aːr

buqar m (plural buqari)

1. jug, pitcher

   Synonym: kus

   • 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Id-Dar tan-Ninfi”, in Fl-Arena:

     Għamara bl-injam ħadmu,
     bil-ward żewqu l-ħitan;
     buqar tahom il-ġilju,
     u kikkri t-tulipan.

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2. beaker

   Synonym: tazza biż-żennuna (less common)