escribán

See also: escriban

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese escrivan (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin *scrība, *scrībānem, from Latin scrība (writer, scribe).[1] Doublet of escriba, a borrowing.

Cognate with Portuguese escrivão and Spanish escribano.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eskɾiˈβaŋ/

Noun

escribán m (plural escribáns)

  1. (law, historical) clerk, registrar, notary
    Synonym: notario
  2. jack mackerel
    Synonym: xurelo
  3. yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)
    Synonym: escribenta

References

  • escrivan” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • escriva” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • escribán” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • escribán” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • escribán” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. escribir.
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