feda

Pronunciation: /ˈfɛ.da/

“feda” is a Maltese word. Its 2 meanings in English:

verb

to redeem; to ransom; to deliver
to redeem

Etymology

From Arabic فَدَى (fadā), which is also used in the Christian religious sense. The financial sense is probably a loan translation of or at least influenced by English redeem. Unrelated with borrowed fada (“to trust”).

More Maltese words

fażi
fażola
fdal
fdewxa
federali
federalist
federaliżmu
federazzjoni

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