barbacá

See also: barbacã

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese barvacãa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Old French barbacane, of uncertain origin: compare English barbican, Arabic بَرْبَخ (barbaḵ, “aqueduct, sewer”), and Persian باب‌خانه (bâb-xâne, “gatehouse”). Cognate with Portuguese barbacã.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [baɾβaˈka]

Noun

barbacá f (plural barbacás)

  1. barbican
  2. buttress

References
  • “barvacãa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “barbac” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “barbacá” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
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