igreja

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• egreja, egleja
• ygreja

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin ecclēsia (“church”), from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía, “congregation”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.ˈɡɾe.d͡ʒa/

Noun

igreja f (plural igrejas)

1. church
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 266 (facsimile):

     como ſṫa M de caſtro xerez guardou agente que sija na ygreia oyndo ſermon dũa traue que caeu de çima da ygreia ſobreles.

     How holy Mary of Castrojeriz saved the people, who were in the church listening to the sermon, from a beam which fell from above the church on them.

Descendants

• Galician: igrexa
• Portuguese: igreja (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "igreja ~ egreja ~ egleja"

Portuguese

uma igreja

Alternative forms

• igreija (misspelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese igreja, from Latin ecclēsia (“church”), from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía, “congregation”). Cognate with Galician igrexa, Spanish iglesia Catalan església, Occitan glèisa, French église, and Italian chiesa. Doublet of eclésia, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /iˈɡɾe.ʒɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /iˈɡɾe.ʒɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /iˈɡɾe.ʒa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈɡɾɐ(j).ʒɐ/ [iˈɣɾɐ(j).ʒɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈɡɾɐ(j).ʒɐ/ [iˈɣɾɐ(j).ʒɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈɡɾe.ʒɐ/ [iˈɣɾe.ʒɐ]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈɡɾe.ʒɐ/ [iˈɣɾe.ʒɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈɡɾe.ʒɐ/ [iˈɣɾe.ʒɐ]

• Rhymes: -eʒɐ
• Hyphenation: i‧gre‧ja

Noun

igreja f (plural igrejas)

1. church (a house of worship)
2. (Christianity) a Christian denomination

Related terms

• eclesiástico

Descendants

• Angolar: ngeedha
• Annobonese: guesa
• Guinea-Bissau Creole: igreja, grisia
• Indo-Portuguese: greja
• Kabuverdianu: igreja, grexa
• Kristang: greza
• Macanese: greza
• Principense: gêêza
• Sãotomense: glêza
• → Acehnese: geurèja
• → Bengali: গির্জা (girja)
• → Bodo (India): गिरजा (girja)
• → Gujarati: ગિરજા (girjā)
• → Hindi: गिरजा (girjā)
• → Iban: gerija
• → Javanese: greja
• → Kaingang: igreja
• → Konkani: इगर्जे (igarje)
• → Malay: gereja
  • Indonesian: gereja
• → Swahili: gereza (“prison”)
  • → Rwanda-Rundi: gereza
• → Tetum: igreja
• → Urdu: گرجا (girjā)