different between zimarra vs zamarra

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian zimarra. Doublet of simar.

Noun

zimarra (plural zimarras)

1. a cassock with a small cape attached

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish zamarra, chamarra, possibly from Arabic ???????? (samm?r), from Persian ????? (samur).

Noun

zimarra f (plural zimarre)

1. a long shabby coat
2. (in jest) an overlong coat

English

Noun

zamarra (plural zamarras)

1. sheepskin
2. A sheepskin coat worn in parts of Spain

Anagrams

• Marzara

Galician

Alternative forms

• chamarra

Etymology

Attested, in Galician, since the 15th century (çamarra). Probably ultimately from Basque zamar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?a?mar?], (western) [sa?mar?]

Noun

zamarra f (plural zamarras)

1. coat
   • 1414, Clarinda de Azevedo Maia (ed.), História do galego-português. Estado linguístico da Galiza e do Noroeste de Portugal do século XII ao século XVI (com referência á situação do galego moderno). Coimbra: I.N.I.C., page 103:

     Item lle mando mays a mjña çamarra que eu trago et çento ? çinquo?eta mrs. para vee?tiario.

     Item, I bequeath him my coat, the one that I wear, and hundred and fifty maravedis for dressing

   • 1845, Vicente Turnes, Diálogo entre Silvestre Cajaraville e Domingo Magariños:

     Estóu debendo na tenda

     A chamarra que hoje trago

     E o somonte dos calzós

     Que ja estan feitos farrapos;

     I owe to the shop

     the coat I wear today

     and the cloth of the pants,

     which are already in tatters

2. (dated) sheepskin coat

References

• “çamarra” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “zamarra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “zamarra” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “zamarra” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Noun

zamarra f (plural zamarras)

1. zamarra; sheepskin
2. zamarra (coat)
3. (sports) shirt; jersey; top