baldequín

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French baldekin, from Italian baldacchino, from Baldacca, a variant of Bagdad (“Baghdad”), where the material originally came from.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɑldeˈkiŋ]

Noun

baldequín m (plural baldequíns)

1. baldaquin, canopy

   Synonyms: doser, almocalla, almocela

References

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