javali

javali (plural javalis)

1. A kind of light love song in Carnatic music.

Borrowed from Arabic خِنْزِير جَبَلِيّ (ḵinzīr jabaliyy, literally “pig of the mountains”) via Andalusian Arabic.

Cognate with Galician xabaril, xabarín, Asturian xabalín, Spanish jabalí (whence English javelina) and Aragonese chabalin.

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• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: ja‧va‧li

javali m (plural javalis, feminine javalina, feminine plural javalinas)

1. wild boar

   Synonym: javardo

2. (chiefly Africa) warthog

   Synonyms: facoquero, javali-africano

• Note that this means “wild boar”, not “peccary”, as in English javelina (“peccary”).