ħdejn

Maltese

Etymology

Probably from a form of Arabic حِضْن‎ (ḥiḍn, “bosom; side of the body; spread arm”), either the diminutive حُضَيْن‎ (ḥuḍayn) or the dual حِضْنَيْن‎ (ḥiḍnayn); compare related Arabic فِي أَحْضانِ‎ (fī ʾaḥḍāni, “within, among, in the presence of”). Alternatively from حَدَّيْن‎ (ḥaddayn), dual of حَدّ‎ (ḥadd, “limit”, also “side”); compare North Levantine Arabic حد‎ (ḥadd, “next to, by”).

Preposition

ħdejn

  1. near; by
  2. next to; beside
  3. about

Inflection

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