għażżiela

• IPA^(key): /azˈzɪː.la/
  • IPA^(key): /aˤːzˈzɪː.la/ (archaic)
  • IPA^(key): /ɣazˈzɪː.la/ (archaic, rustic)

From Arabic غَزَالَة (ḡazāla, “female gazelle”). The survival of this word in Malta is perhaps due its frequent figurative and poetic use among the Arabs. The gemination may be due to influence by Italian gazzella, though it is also explainable through analogy.

għażżiela f (plural għożlien or għażżiliet or għażżieli or għażiel or għażiliet or għażlien or għażieżel)

1. gazelle
2. cicada

• għażiela

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

għażżiela f

1. female equivalent of għażżiel (“spinner, one who spins”)

għażżiela

1. plural of għażżiel