aharvar
Ladino
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Hebrew חרב. Also possibly from Arabic ضَرْب (ḍarb, “to beat, strike”).
Verb
[edit]aharvar (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling אחארבאר)
- to beat
- to hit
- Se alevantaron los pipinos i aharvaron al bahchevan
- The cucumbers rose up to beat up the gardener
Further reading
[edit]- Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “aḥarƀar”, in Diccionario Histórico Judeoespañol (in Spanish), CSIC
- Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977) “ajarvár”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 17
- Elli Kohen & Dahlia Kohen-Gordon (2000) “aharvar”, in Ladino–English Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary, Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 13
- Elli Kohen & Dahlia Kohen-Gordon (2000) “ajarvar”, in Ladino–English Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary, Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 14
- Recuero, Pascual (1977) “ajarƀar”, in Diccionario Básico Ladino-Español (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Barcelona: Riopiedras Ediciones, →ISBN, page 8