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toalha

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Portuguese

toalhas

toalha de mesa

Etymology

From Old Occitan toalha,^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] from Medieval Latin toallia, from Frankish *thwahillja.^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /tuˈa.ʎɐ/ [tʊˈa.ʎɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈtwa.ʎɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tuˈa.ʎa/ [tʊˈa.ʎa], (faster pronunciation) /ˈtwa.ʎa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtwa.ʎɐ/

Rhymes: -aʎɐ
Hyphenation: to‧a‧lha

Noun

toalha f (plural toalhas)

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Middle Bengali: তোয়ালিয়া (tōẇaliẏa)
- Bengali: তোয়ালে (tōẇale)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: तौलिया (tauliyā)

Urdu: تولیہ (tauliya)
→ Kadiwéu: toaaya
→ Malay: tuala / توالا
- → Central Melanau: tuala
→ Malayalam: തൂവാല (tūvāla), തുവാല (tuvāla), തുവ്വാല (tuvvāla)
→ Punjabi: ਤੌਲੀਆ (taulīā)
→ Sinhalese: තුවාය (tuwāya)
→ Tamil: துவாலை (tuvālai), துவாய் (tuvāy)
→ Telugu: తువ్వాలు (tuvvālu), తువాలు (tuvālu)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 “toalha”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 “toalha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
^ “toalha”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
^ “toalha”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024

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