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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Catalan marjal or Spanish marjal.
Noun[edit]
marjal (plural marjals)
- A seaside marsh, used for agriculture
- 1968, Technology and Culture:
- He spent two days in May, 1392, surveying the canal of the well of En Aparici in the marjals of Valencia.
- 2014, Thomas F. Glick, Steven Livesey, Faith Wallis, Medieval Science, Technology, and Medicine: An Encyclopedia, Routledge, →ISBN:
- Trenches were dug into the marshlands (marjals) east of the city to drain them. Then irrigation canals were extended from the already irrigated areas close to the city.
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Arabic مَرْج (marj, “meadow”).
Noun[edit]
marjal m (plural marjals)
- seaside marsh, used for agriculture
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
“marjal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Estonian[edit]
Noun[edit]
marjal
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
marjal m (plural marjales)
- a unit of area in various parts of Spain, equivalent to 528.42 m²
See also[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Two sources are presented:
- From Vulgar Latin marecadicus. Related to French marécage.[1]
- From Arabic مرج (marj, “meadow”).[2]
Probably both through Catalan marjal.
Noun[edit]
marjal m (plural marjales)
- seaside marsh, used for agriculture
- Synonym: marisma
References[edit]
- ^ “marjal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- ^ “marjal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Further reading[edit]
- “marjal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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