ħġieġ

== Maltese == === Alternative forms === żġieġ === Etymology === From Arabic زُجاج (zujāj, “glass”), a word with several variants (in Arabic and the Semitic languages at large). The Maltese form presupposes *خُجاج (*ḵujāj). Compare the even more distorted dialectal Arabic form قُزاز (quzāz); furthermore Hebrew זכוכית (zəḵūḵīṯ) alongside זגוגית (zəḡūḡīṯ). Doublet of żġieġ. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈħd͡ʒɪːt͡ʃ/ Rhymes: -ɪːt͡ʃ === Noun === ħġieġ m (collective, singulative ħġieġa, paucal ħġiġiet) glass