pasharo
Ladino
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish páxaro, pássaro, from Vulgar Latin *passarum, alteration of Latin passer (“sparrow”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *p(e)t-tro- (“who flies, bird”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”). Cognate with Portuguese pássaro and Spanish pájaro.
Pronunciation
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Noun
pasharo m (Hebrew spelling פאשארו, plural pasharos)[1]
- bird (an animal of the clade (traditionally class) Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, having a beaked mouth, and laying eggs) [16th c.]
- Synonym: ave
- Hyponym: pashariko
- 2002, Gad Nassi, editor, En Tierras Ajenas Yo Me Vo Murir: Tekstos Kontemporanos en Djudeo-espaniol : Leyenda de Una Lingua - Haketia - Kuentos. Memorias - Meliselda - Oki Oki[1], Isis, →ISBN, page 248:
- Kuando estavan komiendo, se estava oyendo un kante fuerte de pasharos ke estavan chuflando en el arvole ke estava enriva de eyos.
- When they were eating, they heard birds singing vigorously in the tree that was above.
- (literally, “When they were eating, they were hearing themselves a strong song from birds who were twittering in the tree that was being above them.”)