safareig

Catalan

safareig públic de Bonnat

Etymology

Via Arabic صِهْرِيج (ṣihrīj, “cistern, tank”) from Middle Persian *čāhrēg from [script needed] (cʾh /⁠čāh⁠/, “pit, well”) + [script needed] (lyk' /⁠rēg⁠/, “sand”), as are Spanish jaraíz, Galician and Portuguese chafariz (“fountain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [sə.fəˈɾɛt͡ʃ]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [sə.fəˈɾət͡ʃ]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [sa.faˈɾet͡ʃ]

Noun

safareig m (plural safareigs or safaretjos)

1. an artificial water deposit, mainly used for irrigation and doing the laundry

Derived terms

• fer safareig (“to do the laundry or, more commonly, to gossip”)
• xafardeig (“gossiping”)
• xafardejar (“to gossip”)
• xafarder (“gossiper”)

Derived terms

• aljub
• llavador

Further reading

• “safareig” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “safareig” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• safareig (llavador) on the Catalan Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ca
• safareig de reg on the Catalan Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ca