alfayat
Old Leonese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic الْخَيَّاط (al-ḵayyāṭ, “the tailor”). Compare Old Galician-Portuguese alfaiate.
Noun
editalfayat
- tailor
- 1265, document from San Vicente de Ovied
- Johan Peliz e Pero Boca, alfayat de la Gasconna
- Johan Peliz and Pero Boca, tailor of La Gascona (neighborhood in Oviedo)
- 1265, document from San Vicente de Ovied
Descendants
edit- Asturian: alfayate