tarquín

Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic تَرْكِيم (tarkīm, “heap, amassment”), from رَكَّمَ (rakkama, “to amass, to pile up”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taɾˈkin/ [t̪aɾˈkĩn]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: tar‧quín

Noun

tarquín m (plural tarquines)

1. mud and detritus resulting from stalled water, as in inundated fields, river banks or swamps

Further reading

• “tarquín”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10