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balda.

bolt (door fastener)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Català language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈbal.də]Balearic, Central, Northern[ˈbal.da]Northwestern, Valencia
  1. bolt (door fastener)

    feminine
  2. doorknocker

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic الضَّبّة (aḍ-ḍábba, “latch”), from Arabic ال (al-, “definite article”) + ضَبّة (ḍabba, “mounting on a door”, literally “she-lizard”). Displaced Latin pessulus, which would have yielded *péssol.

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