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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