toalha

Portuguese
toalhas
toalha de mesa

Etymology

From Old Occitan toalha,[1][2][3][4] from Medieval Latin toallia, from Frankish *thwahillja.[1][2]

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /tuˈa.ʎɐ/ [tʊˈa.ʎɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈtwa.ʎɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /tuˈa.ʎa/ [tʊˈa.ʎa], (faster pronunciation) /ˈtwa.ʎa/

  • Rhymes: -aʎɐ
  • Hyphenation: to‧a‧lha

Noun

toalha f (plural toalhas)

  1. towel
  2. table cloth

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Middle Bengali: তোয়ালিয়া (tōẇaliẏa)
  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: तौलिया (tauliyā)
    Urdu: تولیہ (tauliya)
  • → Kadiwéu: toaaya
  • → Malay: tuala / توالا
    • → Central Melanau: tuala
  • → Malayalam: തൂവാല (tūvāla), തുവാല (tuvāla), തുവ്വാല (tuvvāla)
  • → Punjabi: ਤੌਲੀਆ (taulīā)
  • → Sinhalese: තුවාය (tuwāya)
  • → Tamil: துவாலை (tuvālai), துவாய் (tuvāy)
  • → Telugu: తువ్వాలు (tuvvālu), తువాలు (tuvālu)

References
  1. “toalha” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  2. “toalha” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
  3. “toalha” in iDicionário Aulete.
  4. “toalha” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
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