síndria

Catalan

Alternative forms

• xíndria

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سِنْدِيَّة (sindiyya, “Sindhi”), abbreviated from بَطِيخَة سِنْدِيَّة (baṭīḵa(t) sindiyya, “Sindhi melon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsin.dɾi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈsin.dɾi.a]

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Noun

síndria f (plural síndries)

1. watermelon

   Synonyms: meló d'aigua, meló d'Alger, meló de moro

Descendants

• → Sardinian: sìndria

Further reading

• “síndria”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007