alfarda

Borrowed from Arabic الْفَرْض (al-farḍ, “imposition”), from the root ف ر ض (f r ḍ) related to being mandatory.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əlˈfar.də]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [alˈfaɾ.ða]

alfarda f (plural alfardes)

1. (historical) a kind of tribute paid by the Moors and Jews to the crown in medieval Spain
2. (historical, Aragon) tribute paid for irrigation water

• “alfarda”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• IPA^(key): /alˈfaɾda/ [alˈfaɾ.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -aɾda
• Syllabification: al‧far‧da

alfarda f (plural alfardas)

1. (historical) a kind of tribute paid by the Moors and Jews to the crown in medieval Spain
2. a kind of cloak
3. batten

• “alfarda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024