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javalí

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic خِنْزِير جَبَلِيّ (ḵinzīr jabaliyy, literally pig of the mountains) via Andalusian Arabic, from جَبَل (jabal, mountain). Possibly via Spanish jabalí

Pronunciation

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Noun

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javalí m (plural javalins)

  1. wild boar, used mostly in western Catalan.
    Synonym: senglar

Further reading

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  • “javalí” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.