ħatar

== Maltese == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈħa.tar/ Rhymes: -atar === Etymology 1 === From Arabic اِخْتارَ (iḵtāra), an eighth stem from the root خ ي ر (ḵ y r). Reinterpreted in Maltese as a ninth stem from a root ħ-t-r (older Maltese ħtar), then reconstrued as a first stem. Doublet of ħajjar. ==== Verb ==== ħatar (imperfect jaħtar, past participle maħtur) to elect; to choose by vote to select; to appoint; to choose for a task or position ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== See also ===== għażel === Etymology 2 === From Arabic. At least two roots are comparable and the Maltese is perhaps from a merger of them: 1.) حَظِر (ḥaẓir, “picket, cane for a fence”), حِظار (ḥiẓār, “fence, enclosure”); 2.) خِطْر (ḵiṭr, “branch of a tree”), خَطّار (ḵaṭṭār, “camel’s tail, pendulum, quivering spear”). If the original meaning was “club, cudgel”, then حَدَرَ (ḥadara, “to be thick, swollen”) may also be relevant. ==== Noun ==== ħatar m (plural ħtar or oħtra or ħtur or ħtura, diminutive ħtajjar or ħtajtar) stick, cane, rod, club, cudgel