mesquita

See also: Mesquita

Catalan

Alternative forms
  • mesquida

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid), from the verb سَجَدَ (sajada, “to bow down”), from the root س ج د (s-j-d).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [məsˈki.tə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [mesˈki.ta]
  • Audio(file)

Noun

mesquita f (plural mesquites)

  1. mosque

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese mesquita, mezquita (“mosque”), from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid), from the verb سَجَدَ (sajada, “to bow down”), from the root س ج د (s-j-d).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mesˈki.ta/
  • Hyphenation: mes‧qui‧ta

Noun

mesquita f (plural mesquitas)

  1. mosque (a place of worship for Muslims)

Etymology 2

Unknown

Noun

mesquita f (plural mesquitas)

  1. butcher's broom (Ruscus aculeatus)
    Synonyms: xilbarda, xilbarbeira

References
  • “mesquita” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.

Portuguese
mesquita

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mesquita, mezquita (“mosque”), from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid), from the verb سَجَدَ (sajada, “to bow down”), from the root س ج د (s-j-d).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /mesˈki.tɐ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /meʃˈki.tɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /mesˈki.ta/

  • Hyphenation: mes‧qui‧ta

Noun

mesquita f (plural mesquitas)

  1. mosque (a place of worship for Muslims)
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