Etymology

From Old Portuguese jardin ‎(“garden”), from Old French jardin ‎(“garden, enclosure”), probably from Vulgar Latin or early Gallo-Romance hortus gardinus, from Old Frankish *gardin, oblique case of *gardo ‎(“enclosure, yard”), from Proto-Germanic *gardô ‎(“enclosure, garden, house”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰordʰos ‎(“hedge, enclosure”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- ‎(“court, yard”).

Compare Galician xardín, Spanish jardín, Catalan jardí, Occitan jardin, French jardin and Italian giardino.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɐɾˈðĩ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒaɾˈdʒĩʲ/
• (Carioca) IPA^(key): /ʒaʁˈdʒĩʲ/
• (Nordestino) IPA^(key): /ʒaɦˈdĩʲ/
• Hyphenation: jar‧dim