atalaia

Galician

Etymology

From Arabic طَلِيعَة (ṭalīʿa, a scout; and a party of scouts), from the verb طَالَعَ (ṭālaʿa, to inspect), from the root ط ل ع (ṭ-l-ʿ), the same as طَلَعَ (ṭalaʿa, to watch).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ataˈlaja̝/

Noun

atalaia f (plural atalaias)

  1. watchtower.

Derived terms

References

  • atalaya” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • atalaia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • atalaia” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • Corriente, Federico (2008), “atalaia”, in Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 97), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Arabic طَلِيعَة (ṭalīʿa, a scout; and a party of scouts) (plural طَلَائِع (ṭalāʾiʿ)), from the verb طَالَعَ (ṭālaʿa, to inspect), from the root ط ل ع (ṭ-l-ʿ), the same as طَلَعَ (ṭalaʿa, to watch).

Noun

atalaia f (plural atalaias)

  1. watchtower.

References

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