garbanzo

garbanzo

English

A bowl of prepared garbanzos

Etymology

From Spanish garbanzo, initially borrowed as garvance in the 17th c. and anglicized as calavance (“chickpea; any kind of bean or pulse”).[1] The original garbanzo was re-established in the 19th c., primarily via American Spanish.[1] The Spanish garbanzo is from Old Spanish through Early Modern Spanish garbanço,[2] from Old Spanish arvanço, which is of uncertain origin, presumably influenced by garroba (“carob fruit”) and galbana (“small pea; a variety of pea”),[2][3] which is borrowed from Arabic جلبان‎ (“peas”).[3] Other theories for the origin of garbanzo include Basque garbantzu [4]conmpounding garau (“seed”) +‎ antzu (“dry”) and the Ancient Greek ἐρέβινθος (erébinthos).[2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɑɹˈbɑnzoʊ/

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• Hyphenation: gar‧ban‧zo

Noun

garbanzo (plural garbanzos)

1. An edible pulse, Cicer arietinum, of the family Leguminosae or Fabaceae and subfamilies Faboideae or Papilionoideae, with white or purple-blue flowers and small feathery leaves on both sides of the stem and pods containing two to three peas.

   Synonym: garbanzo bean

2. A seed of this plant; the chickpea.

Translations

edible pulse

Estonian: kikerhernes Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Kichererbse (de) f Hungarian: csicseriborsó (hu) Italian: cece (it) m Portuguese: grão-de-bico (pt) m Romanian: năut (ro) m Russian: нут (ru) m (nut) Slovene: čičerika f Spanish: garbanzo (es) m

References

1. “Garbanzo bean”, in Oxford Reference‎, Onford University Press, n.d., retrieved 1 May 2020
2. José Laguna Campos (n.d.), “Estudio léxico de un inventario oscense de 1565 [Lexical study of a 1565 Huescan inventory]”, in Institución Fernando El Católico (PDF, in Spanish), retrieved 1 May 2020, page 41: “garbanços 'garbanzos' […] Según señala DCECH, de origen incierto […] pudo alterarse por influjo de garroba 'algarroba' y galbana 'especie de guisante'. [garbanços 'garbanzo beans' […] According to the DCECH, of uncertain origin […] possibly altered by the influence of garroba 'carob' and galbana 'species of pea'.]”
3. Real Academia Española (1914), “G”, in Diccionario de la lengua castellana‎ (in Spanish), 14 edition, Madrid: Sucesores de Hernando, OCLC 1042914719, page 498: “Galbana. (Del ár. جلبان, cholbán, guisantes.) f. ant. Guisante pequeño.”
4. “garbantzu”, in Elhuyar ezagutuz aldatzea‎, Elhuyar, n.d., retrieved 17 January 2023

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish through Early Modern Spanish garbanço,[1] from Old Spanish arvanço, which is of uncertain origin, presumably influenced by garroba (“carob fruit”) and galbana (“small pea; a variety of pea”),[1][2] which is borrowed from Arabic جلبان‎ (“peas”).[2] Other theories for the origin of garbanzo include Basque garbantzu [3]compounding garau (“seed”) +‎ antzu (“dry”) and the Ancient Greek ἐρέβινθος (erébinthos).[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ɡaɾˈbanθo/ [ɡaɾˈβ̞ãn̟.θo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ɡaɾˈbanso/ [ɡaɾˈβ̞ãn.so]

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• (Spain) Rhymes: -anθo
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -anso
• Syllabification: gar‧ban‧zo

Noun

garbanzo m (plural garbanzos)

1. chickpea; garbanzo (plant, seed)
2. (figurative) bottom dollar, dosh

Derived terms

• ganarse los garbanzos
• garbanzo negro

Descendants

• → Basque: garbantzu
• → English: garbanzo, calavance

References

1. José Laguna Campos (n.d.), “Estudio léxico de un inventario oscense de 1565 [Lexical study of a 1565 Huescan inventory]”, in Institución Fernando El Católico (PDF, in Spanish), retrieved 1 May 2020, page 41: “garbanços 'garbanzos' […] Según señala DCECH, de origen incierto […] pudo alterarse por influjo de garroba 'algarroba' y galbana 'especie de guisante'. [garbanços 'garbanzo beans' […] According to the DCECH, of uncertain origin […] possibly altered by the influence of garroba 'carob' and galbana 'species of pea'.]”
2. Real Academia Española (1914), “G”, in Diccionario de la lengua castellana‎ (in Spanish), 14 edition, Madrid: Sucesores de Hernando, OCLC 1042914719, page 498: “Galbana. (Del ár. جلبان, cholbán, guisantes.) f. ant. Guisante pequeño.”
3. “garbantzu”, in Elhuyar ezagutuz aldatzea‎, Elhuyar, n.d., retrieved 17 January 2023

Further reading

• “garbanzo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014