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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese almogavar, almograve (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Andalusian Arabic المُغَاوِر (al-muḡā́wir), from Arabic مُغَاوِر (muḡāwir).
Pronunciation
Noun
almogávar m (plural almogávares)
- (historical) rider, marauder, applied mostly to Christian soldiers who realized raids on Muslim territories during the Middle Ages
References
- Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “almogavar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “almogavar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- “almogávar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
almogávar m (plural almogávares)
- (historical) almogavar (light footsoldier during the Reconquista)
Spanish
Etymology
From Andalusian Arabic المُغَاوِر (al-muḡā́wir), from Arabic مُغَاوِر (muḡāwir).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /almoˈɡabaɾ/
- Rhymes: -abaɾ
- Syllabification: al‧mo‧gá‧var
Adjective
almogávar m or f (masculine and feminine plural almogávares)
- (historical) almogavar
Noun
almogávar m (plural almogávares)
- (historical) almogavar (light footsoldier during the Reconquista)
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