javalí

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خِنْزِير جَبَلِيّ (ḵinzīr jabaliyy, literally “pig of the mountains”) via Andalusian Arabic, from جَبَل (jabal, “mountain”). Possibly via Spanish jabalí

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ʒə.βəˈli]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ʒə.vəˈli]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [d͡ʒa.vaˈli]

Noun

javalí m (plural javalins)

1. wild boar, used mostly in western Catalan.

   Synonym: senglar

Further reading

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