javali

Meaning

1. (masculine) wild boar
2. (Africa, masculine) warthog

Concepts

boar

🐗

wild boar

Sus scrofa

boar

🐗

tusker

warthog

peccary

wild hog

Synonyms

javardo

porco-montês

barrão

🐗

cachaço

berrão

Sus scrofa

Translations

sanglier

Wildschwein

cinghiale

jabalí

wild zwijn

everzwijn

senglar

Eber

🐗

αγριόχοιρος

porc senglar

αγριογούρουνο

aper

κάπρος

ever

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʒa.vaˈli/

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic: خِنْزِير جَبَلِيّ

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic: -

Cognate with Galician: xabaril

Cognate with Asturian: xabalín

Cognate with Spanish: jabalí

Cognate with Aragonese: chabalin

In summary

Borrowed from Arabic خِنْزِير جَبَلِيّ (ḵinzīr jabaliyy, literally “pig of the mountains”) via Andalusian Arabic.
Cognate with Galician xabaril, xabarín, Asturian xabalín, Spanish jabalí (whence English javelina) and Aragonese chabalin.