gándara

• gandra, granda

13th century. Already attested in local Medieval Latin as gandara and gandera; from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia. While some authors have proposed an Iberian origin,^[1] this is unlikely, since Iberian was spoken in the Mediterranean coast, and this word is documented mostly in the NW of the Iberian peninsula; related to Alemannic German Gand (“scree”).^[2][3][4]

• IPA^(key):

gándara f (plural gándaras)

1. type of unproductive or little productive wetland, of alluvial origin, rich in gravel and sand
   • 1296, Miguel Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, page 1189:

     et commo se vay pe-lo camino, et pe-lo meo logo da gandara que vos lavrastes

     and as it goes along the path, and as it goes through the middle of the wetland that you ploughed

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “gandara”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “gandara”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “gándara”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN