arvatze
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Sardinian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Arabic الْبَزّ (al-bazz, “cloth”), perhaps via Old Italian albace, albagio.[1] Compare Campidanese orbaci, and Nuorese orbace.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
arvatze m (uncountable)
- (Logudorese) a rough woollen cloth
- (Nuorese) Alternative form of orbace
References[edit]
- Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
- ^ Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “albáke”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg