fardatxo

Catalan

Alternative forms

• sarvatxo
• fardaix, fardatx

Etymology

Borrowed from Mozarabic *sarvačo~*fardačo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [fərˈda.t͡ʃu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [fərˈda.t͡ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [faɾˈða.t͡ʃo]

Noun

fardatxo m (plural fardatxos)

1. a lizard, especially the ocellated lizard (Timon lepidus)

Synonyms

• (ocellated lizard): llangardaix ocel·lat, sarvatxo
• (any lizard): llangardaix

Derived terms

• fardatxet

References

^ “sarvatxo” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

^ Corriente, Federico (2008) “fardatxo”, in Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 97), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 105

Further reading

• “fardatxo” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.