atafal

Galician

Atafal

Etymology

From Arabic ثَفَر (ṯafar). And in Spanish atafarra, ataharre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ataˈfal/

Noun

atafal m (plural atafais)

1. crupper (a strap, looped under a horse's tail, used to stop a saddle from slipping)

Synonyms

• retranca

References

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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “atafal”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• Corriente, Federico (2008) “atafal”, in Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 97), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN