xardón

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Galician

Monument to the poet Uxío Novoneyra: Abrairas, teixos, faias, xardois e reboleiras! ("Hazelnuts, yews, beeches, hollies and oaks!")

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃaɾˈdoŋ/
  • Rhymes: -oŋ
  • Hyphenation: xar‧dón

Etymology 1

Uncertain: from a substrate language and probably related to Spanish zarza.[1]

Noun

xardón m (plural xardois)

  1. (regional) holly (Ilex spp.)
    Synonym: acivro
  2. (regional) holm oak (Quercus ilex)
    Synonym: aciñeira
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Ultimatelly from Arabic حَرْذُون (ḥarḏūn); compare Portuguese sardão and Spanish fardacho.

Noun

xardón m (plural xardóns)

  1. (regional) ocellated lizard (Timon lepidus)
    Synonym: lagarto arnal

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A Pascual (1983–1991) “zarza”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos