albahaca
Asturian
Etymology
From Arabic حَبَق (ḥabaq, “basil”).
Noun
albahaca f (plural albahaques)
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish albafaca, from Arabic حَبَق (ḥabaq, “basil”), first attested in the 13th century.
Pronunciation
Noun
albahaca f (plural albahacas)
Descendants
- → Cebuano: albahaka
- → Mecayapan Nahuatl: albaja̱quej
- → Russian: альбаа́ка (alʹbaáka)
- → Tagalog: albahaka
Further reading
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “albahaca”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 112
- “albahaca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Categories:
- Asturian terms derived from Arabic
- Asturian lemmas
- Asturian nouns
- Asturian feminine nouns
- ast:Mint family plants
- ast:Herbs
- Spanish terms inherited from Old Spanish
- Spanish terms derived from Old Spanish
- Spanish terms derived from Arabic
- Spanish 4-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- es:Mint family plants
- es:Herbs