chafariz

Galician

Etymology

Attested from the 15th century (as xafariz), from Arabic صِهْرِيج (ṣihrīj), from Middle Persian. Compare Portuguese chafariz, Spanish jaraíz (“vat”) and Catalan safareig (“water deposit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃafaˈɾiθ/, (western) /t͡ʃafaˈɾis/

Noun

chafariz m (plural chafarices)

1. (regional) fountain (artificial water feature)

   Synonyms: fonte, torno

References

• “xafari” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “xafariz” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “chafariz” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “chafariz” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Arabic صِهْرِيج (ṣihrīj), from Middle Persian. Compare Galician chafariz, Spanish jaraíz (“vat”) and Catalan safareig (“artificial water deposit”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃa.faˈɾis/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃa.faˈɾis/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʃa.faˈɾiʃ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɐ.fɐˈɾiʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɐ.fɐˈɾiʃ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɐ.fɐˈɾiʃ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -is, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃ
• Hyphenation: cha‧fa‧riz

Noun

chafariz m (plural chafarizes)

1. fountain (artificial water feature, often ornamental)

   Synonyms: fontanário, fonte

Further reading

• “chafariz” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “chafariz” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.