tiralanya

Ladino

Alternative forms

  • taralanya (Sarajevo, Vidin)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish tela (de) aranna, from Latin tēla + arānea.

Noun

tiralanya f (Hebrew spelling טיראלאנייה)[1]

  1. spider
    Synonyms: (Belgrade, Jerusalem) aranya, (Salonik) aranyero
    • 2000, La Lettre Sépharade‎[1], numbers 1–19, La Lettre Sépharade, page 17:
      De ke tiralanya me estas avlando, hanuma? En las kazas de Estambol las tiralanyas sirviyan solo para apanyar moshkas.
      What spider are you talking about, lady? In Istanbul's houses all spiders do is catch flies.
  2. spiderweb
    Synonym: (Salonik) aranya

References

  1. ^ “tiralanya”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasure of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim
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