mesquita

• mesquida

Borrowed from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid), from the verb سَجَدَ (sajada, “to bow down”), from the root س ج د (s j d).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [məsˈki.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [mesˈki.ta]

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mesquita f (plural mesquites)

1. mosque

From Old Galician-Portuguese mesquita, mezquita (“mosque”), from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid), from the verb سَجَدَ (sajada, “to bow down”), from the root س ج د (s j d).

• IPA^(key): /mesˈki.ta/
• Hyphenation: mes‧qui‧ta

mesquita f (plural mesquitas)

1. mosque (a place of worship for Muslims)

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mesquita f (plural mesquitas)

1. butcher's broom (Ruscus aculeatus)

   Synonyms: xilbarda, xilbarbeira

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mesquita”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

From Old Galician-Portuguese mesquita, mezquita (“mosque”), from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid), from the verb سَجَدَ (sajada, “to bow down”), from the root س ج د (s j d).

• Hyphenation: mes‧qui‧ta

mesquita f (plural mesquitas)

1. mosque (a place of worship for Muslims)

• → Tetum: meskita

• “mesquita”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025