chafariz

Attested from the 15th century (as xafariz), from Arabic صِهْرِيج‎ (ṣihrīj), from Middle Persian. Compare Portuguese chafariz, Spanish jaraíz and Catalan safareig.

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃafaˈɾiθ/, (western) /t͡ʃafaˈɾis/

chafariz m (plural chafarices)

1. fountain (artificial water feature)

   Synonyms: fonte, torno

• “xafari” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “xafariz” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “chafariz” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “chafariz” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Arabic صِهْرِيج‎ (ṣihrīj), from Middle Persian. Compare Galician chafariz, Spanish jaraíz and Catalan safareig.

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃa.fa.ˈɾis/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɐ.fɐ.ˈɾiʃ/
• Hyphenation: cha‧fa‧riz

chafariz m (plural chafarizes)

1. fountain (artificial water feature)

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