albuhera
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Old Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic اَلْبُحَيْرَة (al-buḥayra), from Arabic بُحَيْرَة (buḥayra, “lake”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]albuhera f (plural albuheras)
- pool, lake
- c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 44r:
- […] en una cueua muy fonda en que a una albuhera quadrada. ⁊ en medio de aquella albuhera aun foyo en que mana agua uerde […]
- […] in a very deep cave in which there is a square pool. And in the middle of that pool there is a hole from which green water wells up […]
- Idem, f. 47r.
- Et eſta fallan en la tierra aq́ dizen azench en un otero que es çerca del albuhera azeda Et el agua deſta laguna es contraria de todas las otras.
- And they find it in the land they call Azench, on a hillock that is near a bitter pool. And the water of this lagoon is contrary to all others.
- Et eſta fallan en la tierra aq́ dizen azench en un otero que es çerca del albuhera azeda Et el agua deſta laguna es contraria de todas las otras.
Synonyms
[edit]- laguna f
Descendants
[edit]- Spanish: albufera