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)
- (law, historical) clerk, registrar, notary
- Synonym: notario
- jack mackerel
- Synonym: xurelo
- yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)
- Synonym: escribenta
Related terms
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.
- Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. escribir.
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