talayot

English

Talayot at Torellonet Vell, Menorca.

Alternative forms

• talaiot

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan talaiot, from talaia (“watchtower”), of Arabic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təˈlɑːjəʊt/

Noun

talayot (plural talayots)

1. (archaeology) A kind of Bronze Age megalith found on the islands of Minorca and Majorca.
   • 2011, Michael E. Smith, The Comparative Archaeology of Complex Societies, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 147:

     A talayot may be square, round, oval, or stepped in form, averaging 12–20 m in diameter and containing a massive central roof pillar.

Coordinate terms

• nuraghe

Derived terms

• talayotic

Further reading

• talaiot on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan talaiot, from talaia (“watchtower”), of the same Arabic origin as atalaya.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /talaˈʝot/ [t̪a.laˈʝot̪]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /talaˈʝot/ [t̪a.laˈʝot̪]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /talaˈʃot/ [t̪a.laˈʃot̪]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /talaˈʒot/ [t̪a.laˈʒot̪]

• Rhymes: -ot
• Syllabification: ta‧la‧yot

Noun

talayot m (plural talayots)

1. (archaeology) talayot

Derived terms

• pretalayótico
• talayótico

 

Further reading

• “talayot”, 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