jargonça

Old Spanish

FWOTD – 8 August 2015

Alternative forms

• girgonça, girconça, iargonça

Etymology

From Old French jargonce.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒaɾˈɡont͡sa/

Noun

jargonça f (plural jargonças)

1. A variety of zircon regarded as a gemstone.
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 100r.:

     DEla primera faz del ſigno piſces es la piedra q̃ a nombre iargõça uermeia.

     Of the first facet of the sign of Pisces is a stone called red zircon.

   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 102v.:

     Ivpiter a poder sobre la piedra que a nõbre jargonça amariella.

     Jupiter has power over the stone called yellow zircon.

Descendants

• Spanish: jargonza