esmirla

== Catalan == === Etymology === From Old Frankish *smiril (“falcon, hawk”), from Proto-Germanic *smirilaz (“falcon, merlin”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [əzˈmir.lə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ezˈmiɾ.la] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [ezˈmir.la] === Noun === esmirla f (plural esmirles) merlin (Falco columbarius) === Further reading === “esmirla”, 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