chafariz

Attested from the 15th century (as xafariz), from Arabic صِهْرِيج (ṣihrīj), from Middle Persian. Compare Portuguese chafariz, Spanish jaraíz (“vat”) and Catalan safareig (“water deposit”).

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃafaˈɾiθ/, (western) /t͡ʃafaˈɾis/

chafariz m (plural chafarices)

1. (regional) fountain (artificial water feature)

   Synonyms: fonte, torno

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “xafari”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “xafariz”, 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), “chafariz”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chafariz”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Arabic صِهْرِيج (ṣihrīj), from Middle Persian. Compare Galician chafariz, Spanish jaraíz (“vat”) and Catalan safareig (“artificial water deposit”).

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -is, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃ
• Hyphenation: cha‧fa‧riz

chafariz m (plural chafarizes)

1. fountain (artificial water feature, often ornamental)

   Synonyms: fontanário, fonte

• “chafariz”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “chafariz”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025