marulán
Galician
Etymology
Attested since the 19th century. Perhaps from *marullanus, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *māros (“big”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [maɾuˈlaŋ]
Noun
marulán m (plural maruláns)
- (historical) elder; usually the richest farmer of a community
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “marulán”, 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), “marulán”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983–1991), “mayor”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary][1] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos