açafran
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Old Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic اَلزَّعْفَرَان (az-zaʕfarān), from Arabic زَعْفَرَان (zaʕfarān).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]açafran m (usually uncountable)
- saffron
- c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 51v:
- […] De color es de açafran ⁊ aun mas tinta. Fendida es. ⁊ por end es ligera de quebrantar, ⁊ mas liuiana de peſo ⁊ ſemeia en ſus maneras toda al armoniaco.
- […] It is the color of saffron, but redder. It is cleft, and therefore easy to break. It is lighter in weight but similar in all ways to sal ammoniac.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Spanish: azafrán