tarquín
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic تَرْكِيم (tarkīm, “heap, amassment”), from رَكَّمَ (rakkama, “to amass, to pile up”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tarquín m (plural tarquines)
- mud and detritus resulting from stalled water, as in inundated fields, river banks or swamps
Further reading edit
- “tarquín”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014