mesquita
See also: Mesquita
Catalan edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid), from the verb سَجَدَ (sajada, “to bow down”), from the root س ج د (s-j-d).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mesquita f (plural mesquites)
Galician edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese mesquita, mezquita (“mosque”), from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid), from the verb سَجَدَ (sajada, “to bow down”), from the root س ج د (s-j-d).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mesquita f (plural mesquitas)
- mosque (a place of worship for Muslims)
Etymology 2 edit
Unknown
Noun edit
mesquita f (plural mesquitas)
- butcher's broom (Ruscus aculeatus)
- Synonyms: xilbarda, xilbarbeira
References edit
- “mesquita” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese mesquita, mezquita (“mosque”), from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid), from the verb سَجَدَ (sajada, “to bow down”), from the root س ج د (s-j-d).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: mes‧qui‧ta
Noun edit
mesquita f (plural mesquitas)
- mosque (a place of worship for Muslims)