mocaiardo

Italian

Alternative forms

• mocaiarro

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Arabic مُخَيَّر (muḵayyar, “choice”), past participle of خَارَ (ḵāra, “to choose”). Doublet of moire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo.kaˈjar.do/
• Rhymes: -ardo
• Hyphenation: mo‧ca‧iàr‧do

Noun

mocaiardo m (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) mohair

Descendants

• → English: mocayre, mohair
  • → French: moire (semi-learned), → mohair
    • → Italian: amoerro, amoerre, moerro, muerre (semi-learned), → moire
  • → Italian: mohair
  • → Japanese: モヘア (mohea)
  • → Portuguese: mohair
  • → Russian: мохе́р (moxér)
  • → Spanish: mohair
  • ⇒ Chinese:
    • Mandarin: 馬海毛／马海毛 (mǎhǎimáo)/马海毛 (mǎhǎimáo)
    • Cantonese: 馬海毛／马海毛 (maa⁵ hoi² mou⁴)
• → French: moucayar, moucayard, mocayar, mocaiar

Further reading

• mocaiardo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “mocaiardo”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati