carcaj
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Spanish carcax, from Old French carcois, carquais, tarquait, tarchais, borrowed in turn from Byzantine Greek καρκάσιον (karkásion), a medieval variant of ταρκάσιον (tarkásion), from Arabic تِرْكَاش (tirkāš), from Persian تیرکش (tirkaš). The -x in Old Spanish may be due to Old Catalan carcax (modern Catalan carcaix) as an intermediate.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
carcaj m (plural carcajes)
Further reading edit
- “carcaj”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014