marjal

English

Etymology

From Catalan marjal or Spanish marjal.

Noun

marjal (plural marjals)

1. A seaside marsh, used for agriculture
   • 1968, Technology and Culture:

     He spent two days in May, 1392, surveying the canal of the well of En Aparici in the marjals of Valencia.

   • 2014, Thomas F. Glick, Steven Livesey, Faith Wallis, Medieval Science, Technology, and Medicine: An Encyclopedia, Routledge, →ISBN:

     Trenches were dug into the marshlands (marjals) east of the city to drain them. Then irrigation canals were extended from the already irrigated areas close to the city.

Catalan

Etymology

From Arabic مَرْج (marj, “meadow”).

Noun

marjal m (plural marjals)

1. seaside marsh, used for agriculture

See also

• maresme (Maresme), maresma
• mareny

Further reading

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

Estonian

Noun

marjal

1. adessive singular of mari

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɾˈxal/ [maɾˈxal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: mar‧jal

Etymology 1

From Arabic مَرْجِع (marjiʕ).

Noun

marjal m (plural marjales)

1. a unit of area in various parts of Spain, equivalent to 528.42 m²

See also

• estadal

Etymology 2

Two sources are presented:

• From Vulgar Latin marecadicus. Related to French marécage.
• From Arabic مرج (marj, “meadow”).

Probably both through Catalan marjal.

Noun

marjal m (plural marjales)

1. seaside marsh, used for agriculture

   Synonym: marisma

Further reading

• “marjal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28