safareig
Catalan
Etymology
Via Arabic صِهْرِيج (ṣihrīj, “cistern, tank”) from Middle Persian *čāhrēg from [script needed] (cʾh /čāh/, “pit, well”) + [script needed] (lyk' /rēg/, “sand”), as are Spanish jaraíz, Galician chafariz and Portuguese chafariz.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /sə.fəˈɾət͡ʃ/
- (Central) IPA(key): /sə.fəˈɾɛt͡ʃ/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /sa.faˈɾet͡ʃ/
Noun
safareig m (plural safareigs or safaretjos)
- an artificial water deposit, mainly used for irrigation and doing the laundry
Derived terms
- Catalan:
- fer safareig (“to do the laundry or, more commonly, to gossip”)
- xafardeig (“gossiping”)
- xafardejar (“to gossip”)
- xafarder (“gossiper”)
- Spanish: chafardear, chafardero