xaloc
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Etymology edit
Likely from Old Occitan eissalot and its variants (e.g. exaloc), from Massalian Ancient Greek *ἐξαλώτης (*exalṓtēs), from ἔξαλος (éxalos, "out of the sea" → "wind from the southeast"). Traditionally thought to be a derivative of Arabic شَرْق (šarq, “east”).
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Noun edit
xaloc m (plural xalocs)
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References edit
- “xaloc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “xaloc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.