garbanzo

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English

A bowl of garbanzos
A bowl of prepared garbanzos
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Etymology

From Spanish garbanzo, initially borrowed as garvance in the 17th c. and anglicized as calavance (“chickpea; any kind of bean or pulse”).[1] The original garbanzo was re-established in the 19th c., primarily via American Spanish.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɑɹˈbɑnzoʊ/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Hyphenation: gar‧ban‧zo

Noun

garbanzo (plural garbanzos)

  1. An edible pulse (Cicer arietinum), of the family Leguminosae or Fabaceae and subfamilies Faboideae or Papilionoideae, with white or purple-blue flowers and small feathery leaves on both sides of the stem and pods containing two to three peas.
    Synonym: garbanzo bean
  2. A seed of this plant; the chickpea.

Translations

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “Garbanzo bean”, in Oxford Reference‎, Onford University Press, n.d., retrieved 1 May 2020

Spanish

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Spanish garbanço.[1] Presumably influenced by garroba (“carob fruit”) and galbana (“small pea; a variety of pea”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ɡaɾˈbanθo/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ɡaɾˈbanso/
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Rhymes: -anθo
  • Rhymes: -anso
  • Syllabification: gar‧ban‧zo

Noun

garbanzo m (plural garbanzos)

  1. chickpea; garbanzo (plant, seed)
  2. (figurative) bottom dollar, dosh

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Basque: garbantzu
  • → English: garbanzo, calavance

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 José Laguna Campos (n.d.) “Estudio léxico de un inventario oscense de 1565 [Lexical study of a 1565 Huescan inventory]”, in Institución Fernando El Católico (in Spanish) (PDF), retrieved 1 May 2020, page 41: “garbanços 'garbanzos' […] Según señala DCECH, de origen incierto […] pudo alterarse por influjo de garroba 'algarroba' y galbana 'especie de guisante'. ― garbanços 'garbanzo beans' According to the DCECH, of uncertain origin possibly altered by the influence of garroba 'carob' and galbana 'species of pea'.”
  2. ^ Real Academia Española (1914) “G”, in Diccionario de la lengua castellana‎ (in Spanish), 14 edition, Madrid: Sucesores de Hernando, →OCLC, page 498: “Galbana. (Del ár. جلبان, cholbán, guisantes.) f. ant. Guisante pequeño. ― Galbana. (Of the ar. جلبان, cholbán, peas.) f. ant. small pea.”

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