jargonça

jargonça

Old Spanish

FWOTD – 8 August 2015

Alternative forms

• girgonça, iargonça

Etymology

From Old French jagonce, of disputed origin; perhaps ultimately from Classical Syriac [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʒarˈɡõn.t͡sa]

Noun

jargonça f (plural jargonças)

1. A variety of zircon regarded as a gemstone.
   • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 100r.

     DEla primera faz del ſigno piſces es la piedra q́ a nombre iargóça uermeia.

     Of the first facet of the sign of Pisces is a stone called red zircon.

   • Idem, f. 102v.

     Ivpiter a poder sobre la piedra que a nóbre jargonça amariella.

     Jupiter has power over the stone called yellow zircon.

Descendants

• Spanish: jargonza