zamarra

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English

A man wearing a zamarra

Noun

zamarra (plural zamarras)

  1. sheepskin
  2. A sheepskin coat worn in parts of Spain

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Attested, in Galician, since the 15th century (çamarra). Probably ultimately from Basque zamar.[1]

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /θaˈmara/
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /saˈmara/

  • Rhymes: -ara
  • Hyphenation: za‧ma‧rra

Noun

zamarra f (plural zamarras)

  1. coat
    • 1414, Clarinda de Azevedo Maia (ed.), História do galego-português. Estado linguístico da Galiza e do Noroeste de Portugal do século XII ao século XVI (com referência á situação do galego moderno). Coimbra: I.N.I.C., page 103:
      Item lle mando mays a mjña çamarra que eu trago et çento τ çinquoẽeta mrs. para veeſtiario.
      Item, I bequeath him my coat, the one that I wear, and hundred and fifty maravedis for dressing
    • 1845, Vicente Turnes, Diálogo entre Silvestre Cajaraville e Domingo Magariños:
      Estóu debendo na tenda
      A chamarra que hoje trago
      E o somonte dos calzós
      Que ja estan feitos farrapos;
      I owe to the shop
      the coat I wear today
      and the cloth of the pants,
      which are already in tatters
  2. (dated) sheepskin coat

References

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Basque zamarra, zamar (sheepskin).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θaˈmara/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /saˈmara/
  • Rhymes: -ara
  • Syllabification: za‧ma‧rra

Noun

zamarra f (plural zamarras)

  1. zamarra; sheepskin
  2. zamarra (coat)
  3. (sports) shirt; jersey; top

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