برغة

Andalusian Arabic

Alternative forms

• بلغة (bulḡa)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Basque abar

Basque -ka

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Basque abarkabor.

Arabic

Andalusian Arabic برغة

Inherited from Arabic, borrowed from Basque abarka (“sandal”). Compare Maltese belgħa.

Noun

برغة (barḡa) f (plural برغات (barḡāt))

1. sandal made of leather or esparto grass

Descandants

• → Moroccan Arabic: بلغة (balḡa)
• → Spanish: alpargata

References

• Corriente, F. (1997), A Dictionary of Andalusi Arabic (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East; 29)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 47