xorta
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Maltese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from Sicilian sciorta, sorta, from Latin sors. Doublet of xorti (“fate, luck”). In contemporary Sicilian the form with sci- seems less common, but it is still found.
Noun[edit]
xorta f (plural xorti)
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Short for xorta waħda (“in the same way, no different”, literally “one sort”) and mhux xorta? (“isn't it still the same?”).
Adverb[edit]
xorta