zamarra

See also: Zamarra

English

A man wearing a zamarra

Noun

zamarra (plural zamarras)

1. sheepskin
2. A sheepskin coat worn in parts of Spain

Anagrams

• Marzara

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Galician

Etymology

Attested, in Galician, since the 15th century (çamarra). Probably ultimately from Basque zamar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θaˈmara̝/, (western) /saˈmara̝/

Noun

zamarra f (plural zamarras)

1. coat
   • 1414, Clarinda de Azevedo Maia (ed.), História do galego-português. Estado linguístico da Galiza e do Noroeste de Portugal do século XII ao século XVI (com referência á situação do galego moderno). Coimbra: I.N.I.C., page 103:

     Item lle mando mays a mjña çamarra que eu trago et çento τ çinquoẽeta mrs. para veeſtiario.

     Item, I bequeath him my coat, the one that I wear, and hundred and fifty maravedis for dressing

2. (dated) sheepskin coat

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “çamarra”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “zamarra”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Spanish

Noun

zamarra f (plural zamarras)

1. zamarra; sheepskin
2. zamarra (coat)
3. (sports) shirt; jersey; top