azor

See also: Azor

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese açor (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin acceptor, replacement of Latin accipiter. Cognate with Portuguese açor and Spanish azor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈθoɾ/, (western) /aˈsoɾ/

Noun

azor m (plural azores)

1. (ornithology) a goshawk bird

   O azor no pau, e o falcón na mau. (proverb)

   The goshawk in the spear, and the falcon on the hand.

   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 438:

     Outras uezes fazía cõbater serpentes et peleiar grifos et liões et fazía caçar falcões et gaujães et açores et outras aues

     Other times he would make serpents fight, and gryphons and lions, and he would make falcons hunt, and sparrow-hawks and goshawks and other birds

Derived terms

• azorar
• Azoreira
• Azoreiras
• Azoreiros

References

• “açor” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “açor” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “azor” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “azor” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “azor” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish aztor, adtor, from Vulgar Latin *acceptor, replacement of Latin accipiter. For the simplification of the cluster, compare rezar from recitāre and plazo from placitum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /aˈθoɾ/ [aˈθoɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /aˈsoɾ/ [aˈsoɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: a‧zor

Noun

azor m (plural azores)

1. (ornithology) a goshawk bird

Derived terms

• azorar

 

Further reading

• “azor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014