fardatxo

Catalan

Alternative forms

sarvatxo[1]
fardaix, fardatx[2]

Etymology

Borrowed from Mozarabic *sarvačo~*fardačo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [fərˈda.t͡ʃu]

IPA^(key): (Balearic) [fərˈda.t͡ʃo]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [faɾˈða.t͡ʃo]

Noun

fardatxo m (plural fardatxos)

a lizard, especially the ocellated lizard (Timon lepidus)

Synonyms

(ocellated lizard): llangardaix ocel·lat, sarvatxo
(any lizard): llangardaix

Derived terms

fardatxet

References

1. “sarvatxo” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
2. Corriente, Federico (2008) “fardatxo”, in Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 97), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 105

Further reading

“fardatxo” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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