atalaia

See also: Atalaia

Galician

Etymology

From Arabic طَلِيعَة (ṭalīʕa, “a scout; and a party of scouts”), from the verb طَالَعَ (ṭālaʕa, “to inspect”), from the root ط ل ع (ṭ-l-ʕ), the same as طَلَعَ (ṭalaʕa, “to watch”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ataˈlaja̝/

Noun

atalaia f (plural atalaias)

watchtower

Derived terms

Atalaia

References

Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “atalaya”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “atalaia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “atalaia”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Corriente, Federico (2008) “atalaia”, in Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 97), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الطَلِيعَة (aṭ-ṭalīʕa, “a scout; and a party of scouts”) (plural الطَلَائِع (aṭ-ṭalāʔiʕ)), from the verb طَالَعَ (ṭālaʕa, “to inspect”), from the root ط ل ع (ṭ-l-ʕ), the same as طَلَعَ (ṭalaʕa, “to watch”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.taˈlaj.ɐ/ [a.taˈlaɪ̯.ɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.taˈlaj.a/ [a.taˈlaɪ̯.a]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.tɐˈlaj.ɐ/

Homophone: Atalaia
Hyphenation: a‧ta‧lai‧a

Noun

atalaia f (plural atalaias)

watchtower
(Brazil) the highest peak in a mountain chain

Verb

atalaia

inflection of atalaiar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

References

“atalaya”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
“طَلِيعَةٌ in Edward William Lane, Arabic-English Lexicon, Williams & Norgate, London: 1863.