Ġaħan

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic ⁧جُحَا⁩ (juḥā). The final -n is probably paragogic.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒa.ħan/

Proper noun

Ġaħan m

  1. (folklore) A character in Maltese folktales, a “wise fool”, equivalent to the Arabic Joha and Sicilian Giufà, similar also to the Turko-Persian Molla Nasreddin, the Jewish Hershel of Ostropol, the German Till Eulenspiegel, etc.

Derived terms
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