farfett

Maltese
Farfett

Etymology

Probably inherited from dialectal Arabic; compare especially Tunisian Arabic فرططو/فرفطو‎ (farṭaṭṭu/farfaṭṭu), Moroccan Arabic فرططو‎ (farṭuṭṭu, “butterfly”), but also Moroccan Arabic فرطوط‎ (farṭūṭ, “moth”) etc. Eventually from Berber; compare Kabyle aferṭeṭṭu. The second -f- might be due to influence by Italian farfalla, which is either unrelated or itself from the Arabic (see the entry).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /farˈfɛt/

Noun

farfett m (plural friefet)

  1. butterfly

Derived terms

See also
  • dudu tal-ħarir
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