drassana
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Catalan daraçana, from Andalusian Arabic دار الصنعة (dár aṣ-ṣánʕa), variant of دار الصناعة (dár aṣ-ṣináʕa), from Arabic دَار اَلصِّنَاعَة (dār aṣ-ṣināʕa, literally “house of industry”). Cognate to Spanish atarazana, Italian darsena. The modern form has been influenced by dreçar (“to right, to erect”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
drassana f (plural drassanes)
Further reading edit
- “drassana” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.