fardatxo

Catalan edit

Alternative forms edit

sarvatxo^[1]
fardaix, fardatx^[2]

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Mozarabic *sarvačo~*fardačo.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): (Central) [fərˈda.t͡ʃu]
IPA^(key): (Balearic) [fərˈda.t͡ʃo]
IPA^(key): (Valencian) [faɾˈða.t͡ʃo]

Noun edit

fardatxo m (plural fardatxos)

a lizard, especially the ocellated lizard (Timon lepidus)

Synonyms edit

(ocellated lizard): llangardaix ocel·lat, sarvatxo
(any lizard): llangardaix

Derived terms edit

fardatxet

References edit

^ “sarvatxo” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

^ Corriente, Federico (2008) “fardatxo”, in Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 97), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 105