síndria
Catalan
Alternative forms
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]
Audio (Catalonia): (file)
Noun
síndria f (plural síndries)
- 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