andrajo

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish andrajo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɐ̃ˈdɾa.ʒu/

• Hyphenation: an‧dra‧jo

Noun

andrajo m (plural andrajos)

1. rag

   Synonym: trapo

Related terms

• andrajoso

Spanish

Etymology

Uncertain. Federico Corriente considers the Andalusian Arabic حَطْرَجْ (ḥaṭraj, “foolish”) that appears in Vocabulista in Arabico and that comes from the known root ه ت ر (h-t-r) (the same as مُهْتَر (muhtar, “disordered in his intellect”) in Lane’s lexicon).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈdɾaxo/ [ãn̪ˈd̪ɾa.xo]
• Rhymes: -axo
• Syllabification: an‧dra‧jo

Noun

andrajo m (plural andrajos)

1. rags (as clothes)

Derived terms

• andrajoso

 

References

• Federico CORRIENTE; reflejos iberorromances del andalusí {ḥṭr}; in Al-Andalus Magreb nº 01 (1993).
• “هتر” in Edward William LANE; Arabic-English Lexicon; Williams & Norgate: London: 1863.

Further reading

• “andrajo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014