mocaiardo

Italian

Alternative forms

mocaiarro

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Arabic مُخَيَّر (muḵayyar, “choice”), past participle of خَارَ (ḵāra, “to choose”). Doublet of moire.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mo.kaˈjar.do/
Rhymes: -ardo
Hyphenation: mo‧ca‧iàr‧do

Noun

mocaiardo m (uncountable)

(obsolete) mohair

Descendants

→ English: mocayre, mohair
- → French: moire (semi-learned), → mohair
  - → Italian: amoerro, amoerre, moerro, muerre (semi-learned), → moire
- → Italian: mohair
- → Japanese: モヘア (mohea)
- → Portuguese: mohair
- → Russian: мохе́р (moxér)
- → Spanish: mohair
- ⇒ Chinese:
  - Mandarin: 馬海毛／马海毛 (mǎhǎimáo)/马海毛 (mǎhǎimáo)
  - Cantonese: 馬海毛／马海毛 (maa⁵ hoi² mou⁴)
→ French: moucayar, moucayard, mocayar, mocaiar

Further reading

mocaiardo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “mocaiardo”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati

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