marjal
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English
Etymology
From Catalan marjal or Spanish marjal.
Noun
marjal (plural marjals)
- A seaside marsh, used for agriculture
- 1968, Technology and Culture:
- He spent two days in May, 1392, surveying the canal of the well of En Aparici in the marjals of Valencia.
- 2014, Thomas F. Glick, Steven Livesey, Faith Wallis, Medieval Science, Technology, and Medicine: An Encyclopedia, Routledge, →ISBN:
- Trenches were dug into the marshlands (marjals) east of the city to drain them. Then irrigation canals were extended from the already irrigated areas close to the city.
Catalan
Etymology
From Arabic مَرْج (marj, “meadow”).
Noun
marjal m (plural marjals)
- seaside marsh, used for agriculture
See also
Further reading
“marjal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Estonian
Noun
marjal
Spanish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
marjal m (plural marjales)
- a unit of area in various parts of Spain, equivalent to 528.42 m²
See also
Etymology 2
Two sources are presented:
- From Vulgar Latin marecadicus. Related to French marécage.[1]
- From Arabic مرج (marj, “meadow”).[2]
Probably both through Catalan marjal.
Noun
marjal m (plural marjales)
- seaside marsh, used for agriculture
- Synonym: marisma
References
- ^ “marjal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16
- ^ “marjal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Further reading
- “marjal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16