golfan

== Welsh == === Etymology === Late learned borrowing. Cognate with Cornish golvan and Breton golvan as well as Irish gealbhan, Manx gialloon and Scottish Gaelic gealbhonn. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡɔlvan/ === Noun === golfan m or f (plural golfanod) (literary) house sparrow (Passer domesticus) Synonyms: llwyd y to, aderyn y to ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === Further reading === Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “sparrow”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “golfan”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies