gañán

See also: ganan and gañan

Spanish

Etymology

Unknown, with mainly two Germanic and Arabic etymologies considered. The traditional early proposition was a descent from Latin ganeo (“glutton, libertine”), but this has been mostly discarded.

Descent has also been claimed from Middle French gaignant (“unskilled laborer, lout, ruffian, etc.”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡaˈɲan/, [ɡaˈɲãn]

Noun

gañán m (plural gañanes)

(pejorative, Spain) Stupid and bad-mannered rural man from the Spanish countryside; yokel, hick.
farmhand

External links

Etymology (in Spanish)

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