bassetja

== Catalan == === Alternative forms === passetja (Balearic) === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *persidia, from Ancient Greek (σφενδόνη) περσῐ́ς ((sphendónē) persĭ́s, “Persian (sling)”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [bəˈse̞.d͡ʒə] IPA(key): (Balearic) [bəˈsə.d͡ʒə] IPA(key): (Central) [bəˈsɛ.d͡ʒə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [baˈse.d͡ʒa] === Noun === bassetja f (plural bassetges) sling (weapon) Synonyms: fona, mandró === See also === tirador === Further reading === “bassetja”, 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 Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “bassetja”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)