chafariz

Galician

Etymology

Attested from the 15th century (as xafariz), from Arabic صِهْرِيج (ṣihrīj), from Middle Persian. Compare Portuguese chafariz, Spanish jaraíz (“vat”) and Catalan safareig (“water deposit”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃafaˈɾiθ/, (western) /t͡ʃafaˈɾis/

Noun

chafariz m (plural chafarices)

(regional) fountain (artificial water feature)
Synonyms: fonte, torno

References

“xafari” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
“xafariz” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“chafariz” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“chafariz” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Arabic صِهْرِيج (ṣihrīj), from Middle Persian. Compare Galician chafariz, Spanish jaraíz (“vat”) and Catalan safareig (“artificial water deposit”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃa.faˈɾis/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʃa.faˈɾiʃ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɐ.fɐˈɾiʃ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɐ.fɐˈɾiʃ/

Rhymes: (Brazil) -is, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃ
Hyphenation: cha‧fa‧riz

Noun

chafariz m (plural chafarizes)

fountain (artificial water feature, often ornamental)
Synonyms: fontanário, fonte

Further reading

“chafariz” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
“chafariz” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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