aljub
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
From Andalusian Arabic اَلْجُبّ (al-júbb), from Classical Arabic جُبّ (jubb, “cistern, well”). Cognate with Galician alxibe and Spanish aljibe.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aljub m (plural aljubs)
See also edit
- safareig (“artificial water deposit”)
Further reading edit
- “aljub” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “aljub” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “aljub” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.