alfanje

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• alfange (Portugal)

Etymology

From Arabic الْخَنْجَر (al-ḵanjar, “dagger”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈfɐ̃.ʒi/ [aʊ̯ˈfɐ̃.ʒi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈfɐ̃.ʒi/ [aʊ̯ˈfɐ̃.ʒi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈfɐ̃.ʒe/ [aʊ̯ˈfɐ̃.ʒe]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈfɐ̃.ʒɨ/ [aɫˈfɐ̃.ʒɨ]

• Hyphenation: al‧fan‧je

Noun

alfanje m (plural alfanjes) (Brazilian spelling)

1. scimitar (Middle-Eastern sword with a curved blade)

Spanish

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic الخنجر (al-ḵánjar, “dagger”), from Classical Arabic خَنْجَر (ḵanjar, “dagger”), from Persian خونگر (xungar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈfanxe/ [alˈfãŋ.xe]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -anxe
• Syllabification: al‧fan‧je

Noun

alfanje m (plural alfanjes)

1. scimitar, cutlass (sword of Persian origin with a curved blade)
2. swordfish (large marine fish with a long, pointed bill, Xiphias gladius)

   Synonym: pez espada

Further reading

• “alfanje”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014