xandar

Maltese

Root
x-n-d-r
3 terms

Etymology 1

Perhaps from a merger of Arabic شَنَّرَ (šannara) and شَذَّرَ (šaḏḏara), both roughly “to berate, blame, expose someone’s faults, make notorious, put to shame”, and thence generalised to “revealing, making known” in any context. In light of the frequent use in religious context (“spread the gospel”, etc.), however, compare also Aramaic שדר (š-ḏ-r, “to send”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃan.dar/

Verb

xandar (imperfect jxandar, past participle mxandar, verbal noun xandir)

1. to spread, publicise, broadcast (news)

   Synonym: berraħ

2. to divulge, reveal (secrets)
   • 2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:

     “Jgħidilhom dwar Doris?!” sploda s-Surmast. “Niftaħlu rasu ktieb! Dan mnejn safejn ixandar l-affarijiet privati tiegħi?! Intom għidtuli li se jitkellem biss dwar il-kotba tiegħu!”

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of xandar
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	xandart	xandart	xandar		xandarna	xandartu	xandru
	f			xandret
imperfect	m	nxandar	xxandar	jxandar		nxandru	xxandru	jxandru
	f			xxandar
imperative			xandar				xandru

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃanˈdaːr/

Noun

xandar m (plural xandarin or xnadar, feminine xandara)

1. broadcaster