argola

Attested circa 1300. From Arabic الغُلّ (al-ḡull, “the ring”).

• IPA^(key): /aɾˈɣɔla̝/

argola f (plural argolas)

1. ring

   Synonym: anel

2. large metallic ring used as fastening
   • 1458, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 437:

     Que o dito Lourenço, ferreiro, que faça seysçentos ferros de quatro pees en longo et de cada parte hua argolla grande et grosa [...] et que cada ferro teña as argollas ben saldadas, por que se algua das soldadoras falleçese, toda a obra se perdería.

     That the aforementioned Lourenzo, smith, must make six hundred iron items, each one four-feet long and having at both extremes a thick and large ring [...] and every item must have its rings correctly welded, because if any of the welds failed, the whole work would be lost.

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “argol”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “argola”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “argola”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “argola”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Borrowed from Arabic الْغُلَّ (al-ḡulla, “the necklace, the shackle”).^[1][2]

• Rhymes: -ɔlɐ
• Hyphenation: ar‧go‧la

argola f (plural argolas)

1. a metal or wooden ring
2. hoop earring