alfaia

== English == === Etymology === From Portuguese alfaia. === Noun === alfaia (plural alfaias) A Brazilian drum with a membrane made of animal skin. == Galician == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese alfaia, from Arabic حَاجَة (ḥāja, “necessary thing; valuable thing”) or حِلْيَة (ḥilya, “ornament”). Cognate with Portuguese alfaia and Spanish alhaja. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /alˈfaja/ [ɑlˈfa̠.jɐ] Rhymes: -aja Hyphenation: al‧fa‧ia === Noun === alfaia f (plural alfaias) jewel Synonym: xoia worth Synonym: valor vessel 1433, Á. Rodríguez González & José Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 51: Synonym: perfia ==== Related terms ==== === References === “alfaia”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 “alfaia”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026 Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “alfaya”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “alfaia”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “alfaia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “alfaia”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “alfaia”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Old Galician-Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic الْحَاجَة (al-ḥāja, “utensil”). === Noun === alfaia f (plural alfaias) utensil ornament ==== Related terms ==== alfaiate ==== Descendants ==== Galician: alfaia Portuguese: alfaia === Further reading === Universo Cantigas - "alfaia" == Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese alfaia, from Arabic الحَاجَة (al-ḥāja, “necessary thing; valuable thing”). Compare Galician alfaia and Spanish alhaja. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: al‧fai‧a === Noun === alfaia f (plural alfaias) utensil Synonyms: utensílio, instrumento, ferramenta, aparato ornament Synonyms: ornamento, ornato, enfeite, adorno ==== Related terms ==== alfaiate === References === === Further reading === “alfaia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “alfaia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026