xirivia

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic / Arabic كَرَاوِيَا (karāwiyā, “caraway”) (because viewed as a plant caraway and parsnip are similar, of the same subfamily, Apioideae).

Pronunciation

Noun

xirivia f (plural xirivies)

  1. parsnip
    Coordinate term: pastanaga

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “xirivia” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
  • “xirivia”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “xirivia” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • The template Template:R:xaa:ELA does not use the parameter(s): 
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