xebgħan

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic شَبْعان‎ (šabʿān), from the verb شَبِعَ‎ (šabiʿa), whence Maltese xeba'.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃɛˈbaːn/
IPA^(key): /ʃɛˈbaˤːn/ (archaic)

Adjective

xebgħan (feminine singular xebgħana, plural xebgħana or xebgħanin)

satiated; full; having had enough food
(figuratively) fed up; having had enough (of anything)

Related terms

xeba'
xebba'

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