giarda

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒar.da/
• Rhymes: -arda
• Hyphenation: giàr‧da

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic جَرَذ (jaraḏ). Compare Medieval Latin zarda.

Alternative forms

• giardo (obsolete)

Noun

giarda f (plural giarde)

1. (veterinary medicine) spavin

   Synonym: giardone

   • 1605 [1304–1309], “Libro nono, Cap. Ⅹ. Delle infermità de’ cavalli, e cure loro [Ninth book, Chapter 10 - On the illnesses of horses, and cure thereof]”, in Bastiano de' Rossi, transl., Trattato dell'agricoltura [Treatise on agriculture]‎^[1], Florence: published by Cosimo Giusti, translation of Rūrālium commodōrum librī Ⅻ by Pietro De' Crescenzi (in Medieval Latin), page 428:

     [il cavallo] alcuna volta nasce con giarde

     [original: [equus] quandōque nāscitur cum zardīs]

     [the horse] is sometimes born with spavins

Derived terms

• giardone

Etymology 2

Perhaps from a metaphorical meaning of the above.

Noun

giarda f (plural giarde)

1. (archaic) prank, joke

   Synonyms: beffa, burla

2. (archaic) deception, lie

   Synonyms: bugia, inganno, menzogna

References

• giarda¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• giarda² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• giarda in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Anagrams

• a gradi, dragai, ragadi