gardí

Perhaps borrowed from Occitan gàrri (“Atlantic stargazer”), with dissimilation of /rr/ to /rd/, or derived from the name Gardin, of Germanic origin.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ɡərˈdi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ɡaɾˈði]

gardí m (plural gardins)

1. common rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus)

• “gardí”, 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
• “gardí”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “gardí” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “gardí” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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gardí m (plural gardíes or gardís)

1. rudd; common rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus)