igreja

Galician

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /iˈɡɾeʃa/ [iˈɣ̞ɾe.ʃɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /iˈɡɾeʃa/ [iˈɣ̞ɾe.ʃɐ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /iˈħɾeʃa/ [iˈħɾe.ʃɐ]

• Rhymes: -eʃa
• Hyphenation: i‧gre‧ja

Noun

igreja f (plural igrejas, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of igrexa

Further reading

• “igreja”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• egreja, egleja
• ygreja

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin ecclēsia (“church”), from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía, “congregation”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.ˈɡɾe.ʒa/

Noun

igreja f (plural igrejas)

1. church
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 266 (facsimile):

     como ſṫa M de caſtro xerez guardou agente que sija na ygreia oyndo ſermon dũa traue que caeu de çima da ygreia ſobreles.

     How holy Mary of Castrojeriz saved the people, who were in the church listening to the sermon, from a beam which fell from above the church on them.

Descendants

• Galician: igrexa
• Portuguese: igreja, igreija (misspelling), egreja (pre-standardization spelling), eigreja, igleja (obsolete)
  • Angolar: ngeedha
  • Annobonese: guesa
  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: igreja, grisia
  • Indo-Portuguese: greja
  • Kabuverdianu: igreja, grexa
  • Kristang: greza
  • Macanese: greza
  • Principense: gêêza
  • Sãotomense: glêza
  • → Acehnese: geurèja
  • → Bengali: গির্জা (girja)
    • → Assamese: গিৰ্জা (girza)
      • →? Bodo (India): गिरजा (girza)
    • → Odia: ଗୀର୍ଜା (girjā)
  • → Gujarati: ઇગરજી (igarjī)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: गिरजा (girjā), गिर्जा (girjā)

    Urdu: گِرْجا (girjā)

    • → Marwari: गिरजौ (girjau)
    • → Pashto: ګرجا
    • → Punjabi:

      Gurmukhi script: ਗਿਰਜਾ (girjā)

      Shahmukhi script: گِرْجا (girjā)

  • → Iban: gerija
  • → Javanese: greja
  • → Kaingang: igreja
  • → Konkani:

    Devanagari script: इगर्जे (igarje), इगर्ज (igarja)

    Latin script: igarze, igarza

    Kannada script: ಇಗರ್ಜೆ (igarje), ಇಗರ್ಜ (igarja)

  • → Malay: gereja
    • Indonesian: gereja
  • → Swahili: gereza (“prison”)
    • → Rwanda-Rundi: gereza
  • → Tetum: igreja

Further reading

• Ferreiro, Manuel (2014–2026), “igreja”, in Universo Cantigas: edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa [Universo Cantigas: critical edition of Galician-Portuguese medieval poetry] (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN

Portuguese

uma igreja

Alternative forms

• igreija (misspelling)
• egreja (pre-standardization spelling)
• eigreja, igleja (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese igreja, from Latin ecclēsia (“church”), from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía, “congregation”). Cognate with Galician igrexa, Spanish iglesia Catalan església, Occitan glèisa, French église, and Italian chiesa. Doublet of eclésia, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /iˈɡɾe.ʒɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /iˈɡɾe.ʒɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /iˈɡɾe.ʒa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈɡɾɐ(j).ʒɐ/ [iˈɣɾɐ(j).ʒɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈɡɾɐ(j).ʒɐ/ [iˈɣɾɐ(j).ʒɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈɡɾe.ʒɐ/ [iˈɣɾe.ʒɐ]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈɡɾe.ʒɐ/ [iˈɣɾe.ʒɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈɡɾe.ʒɐ/ [iˈɣɾe.ʒɐ]

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: -eʒɐ
• Hyphenation: i‧gre‧ja

Noun

igreja f (plural igrejas)

1. church (a house of worship)
2. (Christianity) a Christian denomination

Related terms

• eclesiástico

Descendants

• Angolar: ngeedha
• Annobonese: guesa
• Guinea-Bissau Creole: igreja, grisia
• Indo-Portuguese: greja
• Kabuverdianu: igreja, grexa
• Kristang: greza
• Macanese: greza
• Principense: gêêza
• Sãotomense: glêza
• → Acehnese: geurèja
• → Bengali: গির্জা (girja)
  • → Assamese: গিৰ্জা (girza)
    • →? Bodo (India): गिरजा (girza)
  • → Odia: ଗୀର୍ଜା (girjā)
• → Gujarati: ઇગરજી (igarjī)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: गिरजा (girjā), गिर्जा (girjā)

  Urdu: گِرْجا (girjā)

  • → Marwari: गिरजौ (girjau)
  • → Pashto: ګرجا
  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਗਿਰਜਾ (girjā)

    Shahmukhi script: گِرْجا (girjā)

• → Iban: gerija
• → Javanese: greja
• → Kaingang: igreja
• → Konkani:

  Devanagari script: इगर्जे (igarje), इगर्ज (igarja)

  Latin script: igarze, igarza

  Kannada script: ಇಗರ್ಜೆ (igarje), ಇಗರ್ಜ (igarja)

• → Malay: gereja
  • Indonesian: gereja
• → Swahili: gereza (“prison”)
  • → Rwanda-Rundi: gereza
• → Tetum: igreja

Further reading

• “igreja” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “igreja”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026
• Xavier, Anthony Soares, transl. (1936) [1913], Portuguese Vocables in Asiatic Languages, Baroda: Oriental Institute, translation of Influencia do Vocabulario Português em Línguas Asiáticas by Sebastião Rodolfo Dalgado (in Portuguese), →ISBN, page 176, column 1
• “igreja”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “igreja”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “igreja”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “igreja”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Tetum

Igreja

Etymology

From Portuguese igreja.

Noun

igreja

1. church

References

• “igreja”, in Dicionário infopédia: Tetum-English, Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026