gârgăloț

== Romanian == === Alternative forms === gârgoloț gîrgăloț — 1953–1993 spelling === Etymology === Ultimately onomatopoeic of the sound of gargling. Compare the synonymous Aromanian gãrgãlac, Albanian gërgëlac, Italian gargarozzo, Galician gorgozo, Late Latin gurga. === Noun === gârgăloț n (uncountable) (western Transylvania) synonym of gâtlej (“throat”) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “gârgoloț”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026 Sextil Pușcariu, editor (1934), “gâtléj”, in Dicționarul Limbii Române‎[2], volume 2, part 1 (old series), Bucharest: National Printing Office, page 237