ardat

Uncertain. Possibly an aphetic variant of dardat, from dardar (“loiter”) or from Proto-Germanic *herdō (perhaps via Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰 (hairda)) with the addition of the collective suffix -at.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ərˈdat]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aɾˈðat]

ardat m (plural ardats)

1. (Girona) gang, pack

   Synonym: colla

• “ardat”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “ardat” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.