fardatxo

Catalan

Alternative forms

  • sarvatxo[1]
  • fardaix, fardatx[2]

Etymology

Borrowed from Mozarabic *sarvačo~*fardačo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [fərˈda.t͡ʃu]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [fərˈda.t͡ʃo]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [faɾˈða.t͡ʃo]

Noun

fardatxo m (plural fardatxos)

  1. a lizard, especially the ocellated lizard (Timon lepidus)

Synonyms

  • (ocellated lizard): llangardaix ocel·lat, sarvatxo
  • (any lizard): llangardaix

Derived terms

  • fardatxet

References

  • ^ “sarvatxo” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
  • ^ Corriente, Federico (2008) “fardatxo”, in Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 97), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 105

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