fafajana

Sicilian

Etymology

Akin to fava (“broad bean”). Possibly from its Osco-Umbrian cognate, from Proto-Italic *fafā ~ *fabā. Compare Lucanian Neapolitan fafa, fafodda.

Noun

fafajana f (plural fafajani)

1. broad bean pod
   • 1853, Giuseppe Piaggia, Illustrazione di Milazzo e studj sulla morale e su' costumi dei villani del suo territorio‎^[1] (overall work in Italian):

     Tenniri sù sti fafajani.

     These broad bean pods are tender.

References

• Traina, Antonino (1868) “fafajana”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 1534
• Pasqualino (c. 1790) “fafajani”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 2, page 93