jaguarzo

Spanish

jaguarzo

Alternative forms

juagarzo, juaguarzo

Etymology

From a variant of Arabic شَكْوَس‎ (šakwas) from Latin salicastrum. Doublet of arcazón (“osier-twig”) which is the inherited form, and of sargazo which is from Portuguese sargaço.

Pronunciation

(Castilian) IPA^(key): /xaˈɡwarθo/, [xaˈɣwarθo]

(Latin America) IPA^(key): /xaˈɡwarso/, [xaˈɣwarso]

Noun

jaguarzo m (plural jaguarzos)

rockrose (Cistus or Halimium spp.)

References

Corriente, Federico (2008), “arcazón”, in Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 97), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 186

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