gándara
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
13th century. Already attested in local Medieval Latin as gandara and gandera; from Paleo-Hispanic. While some authors have proposed an Iberian origin,[1] this is unlikely, since Iberian was spoken in the Mediterranean coast, and this word is documented mostly in the NW of the Iberian peninsula; related to Alemannic German Gand (“scree”).[2][3][4]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡandɐɾɐ]
Noun
gándara f (plural gándaras)
- type of unproductive or little productive wetland, of alluvial origin, rich in gravel and sand
- 1296, Miguel Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, page 1189:
- et commo se vay pe-lo camino, et pe-lo meo logo da gandara que vos lavrastes
- and as it goes along the path, and as it goes through the middle of the wetland that you ploughed
- et commo se vay pe-lo camino, et pe-lo meo logo da gandara que vos lavrastes
- 1296, Miguel Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, page 1189:
Derived terms
- Gándara
- Gándara Longa
- Gándaras
- Gándarela
- Gandariña
- Gandarón
- Gandarouta
- Gandarrozada
- Gandra
- Granda
- Grandameá
- Grandela
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “gandara”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “gandara”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “gándara”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “gándara”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
- ^ Lapesa, Rafael (2004) Manuel Seco, editor, Léxico hispánico primitivo, Pozuelo de Alarcón: Ed. Espasa Calpe, →ISBN, s.v. gandera.
- ^ Búa, Carlos (2018) Toponimia prelatina de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela: USC, →ISBN, pages 52-53.