arvatze
Appearance
Sardinian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Arabic الْبَزّ (al-bazz, “cloth”), perhaps via Old Italian albace, albagio.[1] Compare Campidanese orbaci, and Nuorese orbace.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]arvatze m (uncountable)
- (Logudorese) a rough woollen cloth
- (Nuorese) Alternative form of orbace
References
[edit]- Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
- ^ Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “albáke”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg