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Galician
Etymology
From Arabic طَلِيعَة (ṭalīʕa, “a scout; and a party of scouts”), from the verb طَالَعَ (ṭālaʕa, “to inspect”), from the root ط ل ع (ṭ-l-ʕ), the same as طَلَعَ (ṭalaʕa, “to watch”).
Pronunciation
Noun
atalaia f (plural atalaias)
- watchtower
Derived terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “atalaya”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “atalaia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “atalaia”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Corriente, Federico (2008) “atalaia”, in Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 97), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic الطَلِيعَة (aṭ-ṭalīʕa, “a scout; and a party of scouts”) (plural الطَلَائِع (aṭ-ṭalāʔiʕ)), from the verb طَالَعَ (ṭālaʕa, “to inspect”), from the root ط ل ع (ṭ-l-ʕ), the same as طَلَعَ (ṭalaʕa, “to watch”).
Pronunciation
Noun
atalaia f (plural atalaias)
- watchtower
- (Brazil) the highest peak in a mountain chain
Verb
atalaia
- inflection of atalaiar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
References