arvatze
Sardinian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic الْبَزّ (al-bazz, “cloth”), perhaps via Old Italian albace, albagio.[1] Compare Campidanese orbaci, and Nuorese orbace.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
arvatze m (uncountable)
- (Logudorese) a rough woollen cloth
- (Nuorese) Alternative form of orbace
References edit
- Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
- ^ Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “albáke”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg