alvardán

Galician

Alternative forms

• alvardám, alvardão (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَرْدَان (bardān).

Noun

alvardán m (plural alvardáns)

1. buffoon, jester

   Synonyms: bufón, arlequín

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “alvardán”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega