sajolida
Catalan
Alternative forms
- saborija, sadorija
Etymology
By metathesis from earlier sadorija, from Latin satureia. The ⟨l⟩ may be due to the influence of oliva, since the herb is used to flavour olives.
Pronunciation
Noun
sajolida f (plural sajolides)
Hyponyms
- sajolida de bosc (“winter savoury”)
- sajolida de jardí (“summer savoury”)
Further reading
- “sajolida”, 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
- “sajolida” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “sajolida”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.