marjal
English edit
Etymology edit
From Catalan marjal or Spanish marjal.
Noun edit
marjal (plural marjals)
- A seaside marsh, used for agriculture
- 1968, Technology and Culture:
- He spent two days in May, 1392, surveying the canal of the well of En Aparici in the marjals of Valencia.
- 2014, Thomas F. Glick, Steven Livesey, Faith Wallis, Medieval Science, Technology, and Medicine: An Encyclopedia, Routledge, →ISBN:
- Trenches were dug into the marshlands (marjals) east of the city to drain them. Then irrigation canals were extended from the already irrigated areas close to the city.
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic مَرْج (marj, “meadow”).
Noun edit
marjal m (plural marjals)
- seaside marsh, used for agriculture
See also edit
Further reading edit
“marjal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Estonian edit
Noun edit
marjal
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
marjal m (plural marjales)
- a unit of area in various parts of Spain, equivalent to 528.42 m²
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
Two sources are presented:
- From Vulgar Latin marecadicus. Related to French marécage.[1]
- From Arabic مرج (marj, “meadow”).[2]
Probably both through Catalan marjal.
Noun edit
marjal m (plural marjales)
- seaside marsh, used for agriculture
- Synonym: marisma
References edit
- ^ “marjal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- ^ “marjal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Further reading edit
- “marjal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014