zirguela
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Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish ciruela, from Late Latin cēreola, an ellipsis of cēreola prūna (literally “wax-colored plums”), from the neuter plural of Latin cereolus, later reinterpreted as a feminine singular; see cēra.
Noun
zirguela f
- (Turkey) plum (an edible, fleshy stone fruit of Prunus domestica (European plum), often of a dark red or purple colour)
- Synonyms: (Sarajevo) almesha, (Monastir, Pristina) almeshe, (Bulgaria) pruma, (Jerusalem, Romania, Salonica) pruna
- 2002, Aki Yerushalayim, numbers 68–72, page 78:
- Siendo ke las avramilas (zirguelas) vedres, chikas i agras pueden ser merkadas solo al prinsipio del enverano, este pishkado es gizado los mas en esta sezon.
- Being that unripe, little green and sour plums can only be vended at the beginning of summer, this fish is the commonest stew this season.