argolla

Asturian

Noun

argolla f (plural argolles)

1. ring
2. baking ring (clarification of this definition is needed)

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish argolla, from Arabic الغُلّ (al-ḡull).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ərˈɡo.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [aɾˈɣo.ʎa]

Noun

argolla f (plural argolles)

1. large ring, hoop
2. iron collar
3. napkin ring
4. croquet

Derived terms

• argollar

Further reading

• “argolla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “argolla”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “argolla” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “argolla” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الغُلّ (al-ḡull, “the ring, the collar”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aɾˈɡoʝa/ [aɾˈɣ̞o.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /aɾˈɡoʝa/ [aɾˈɣ̞o.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /aɾˈɡoʎa/ [aɾˈɣ̞o.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /aɾˈɡoʃa/ [aɾˈɣ̞o.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /aɾˈɡoʒa/ [aɾˈɣ̞o.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -oʝa

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -oʝa
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -oʎa
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -oʃa
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -oʒa

• Syllabification: ar‧go‧lla

Noun

argolla f (plural argollas)

1. large ring, hoop
2. staple
3. (games) croquet
4. ring
5. ringlet
6. (baseball) scoreless inning

Descendants

• → Sicilian: ragogghia, ravogghia
• → Tagalog: argolya, arigolya

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863), “غُلٌّ”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate.

Further reading

• “argolla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014