xewqa
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Etymology
Singulative derivation from Arabic شَوْق (šawq, “longing”), thus originally “a single instance or object of longing”.
Pronunciation
Noun
xewqa f (plural xewqiet or xewqat)
- desire
- wish (that which one wishes)
- 1975, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Ħajja u l-Għarajjes”, in L-Għanja tas-Sittin:
- Il-Ħajja ma’ l-għarajjes
daret kollha daħkana;
għalihom ferħ biss kellha
u daqq u żfin u għana,
xita ta’ ross, xewqiet
f’għomor mimli għaxqiet;- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- will (that which one wants or wills)
- birthmark
- Synonym: xehwa
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