pasharo

See also: pásharo and pasharó

Ladino

Alternative forms

• pásaro, pásharo, pasharó, paxaro, (traditional spelling) páxaro

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish páxaro, pássaro, from Vulgar Latin *passarum, alteration of Latin passer (“sparrow”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *p(e)t-tro- (“who flies, bird”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”). Cognate with Portuguese pássaro and Spanish pájaro.

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Noun

pasharo m (Hebrew spelling פאשארו, plural pasharos)

1. bird (an animal of the subclass Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, having a beaked mouth, and laying eggs; a flying reptile) [16th c.]

   Synonym: ave

   Hyponym: pashariko

   • 2002, Gad Nassi, editor, En Tierras Ajenas Yo Me Vo Murir: Tekstos Kontemporanos en Djudeo-espaniol : Leyenda de Una Lingua - Haketia - Kuentos. Memorias - Meliselda - Oki Oki‎^[1], Isis, →ISBN, page 248:

     Kuando estavan komiendo, se estava oyendo un kante fuerte de pasharos ke estavan chuflando en el arvole ke estava enriva de eyos.

     When they were eating, they heard birds singing vigorously in the tree that was above.

     (literally, “When they were eating, they were hearing themselves a strong song from birds who were twittering in the tree that was being above them.”)