garbanzo
English
[edit].JPG)
Etymology
[edit]From Spanish garbanzo, initially borrowed as garvance in the 17th c. and anglicized as calavance (“chickpea; any kind of bean or pulse”).[1] The original garbanzo was re-established in the 19th c., primarily via American Spanish.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ɡɑɹˈbɑnzoʊ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Hyphenation: gar‧ban‧zo
Noun
[edit]garbanzo (plural garbanzos)
- An edible pulse (Cicer arietinum), of the family Leguminosae or Fabaceae and subfamilies Faboideae or Papilionoideae, with white or purple-blue flowers and small feathery leaves on both sides of the stem and pods containing two to three peas.
- Synonym: garbanzo bean
- 1956, Allen Ginsberg, “America”, in Howl and Other Poems (Pocket Poets Series), City Lights Books, →OCLC, page 33:
- America when I was seven momma took me to Communist Cell meetings they sold us garbanzos a handful per ticket a ticket costs a nickel and the speeches were free […]
- A seed of this plant; the chickpea.
Translations
[edit]edible pulse
|
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “Garbanzo bean”, in Oxford Reference[1], Onford University Press, n.d., retrieved 1 May 2020
Spanish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Spanish garbanço.[1] Presumably influenced by garroba (“carob fruit”) and galbana (“small pea; a variety of pea”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /ɡaɾˈbanθo/ [ɡaɾˈβ̞ãn̟.θo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ɡaɾˈbanso/ [ɡaɾˈβ̞ãn.so]
Audio (Spain): (file) - Rhymes: -anθo
- Rhymes: -anso
- Syllabification: gar‧ban‧zo
Noun
[edit]garbanzo m (plural garbanzos)
- chickpea; garbanzo (plant, seed)
- (figurative) bottom dollar, dosh
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 José Laguna Campos (n.d.) “Estudio léxico de un inventario oscense de 1565 [Lexical study of a 1565 Huescan inventory]”, in Institución Fernando El Católico (in Spanish) (PDF), retrieved 1 May 2020, page 41: “garbanços 'garbanzos' […] Según señala DCECH, de origen incierto […] pudo alterarse por influjo de garroba 'algarroba' y galbana 'especie de guisante'. ― garbanços 'garbanzo beans' […] According to the DCECH, of uncertain origin […] possibly altered by the influence of garroba 'carob' and galbana 'species of pea'.”
- ^ Real Academia Española (1914) “G”, in Diccionario de la lengua castellana[2] (in Spanish), 14 edition, Madrid: Sucesores de Hernando, →OCLC, page 498: “Galbana. (Del ár. جلبان, cholbán, guisantes.) f. ant. Guisante pequeño. ― Galbana. (Of the ar. جلبان, cholbán, peas.) f. ant. small pea.”
Further reading
[edit]- “garbanzo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Spanish
- English terms derived from Spanish
- English doublets
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Chickpeas
- English terms with quotations
- en:Legumes
- en:Vegetables
- Spanish terms derived from Arabic
- Spanish terms derived from Basque
- Spanish terms inherited from Old Spanish
- Spanish terms derived from Old Spanish
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/anθo
- Rhymes:Spanish/anθo/3 syllables
- Rhymes:Spanish/anso
- Rhymes:Spanish/anso/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- es:Legumes
- es:Money
- Spanish terms with unknown etymologies