sajolida

Catalan

Alternative forms

• saborija, sadorija

Etymology

By metathesis from earlier sadorija, from Latin satureia. The ⟨l⟩ may be due to the influence of oliva, since the herb is used to flavour olives.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [sə.ʒuˈli.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [sa.d͡ʒoˈli.ða]

Noun

sajolida f (plural sajolides)

1. savory

Hyponyms

• sajolida de bosc (“winter savoury”)
• sajolida de jardí (“summer savoury”)

Further reading

• “sajolida” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “sajolida” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “sajolida”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025