azahar

Hausa

Alternative forms

• azahariyya

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ظُهْر (ẓuhr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔà.zá.hàr/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʔà.zə́.hàr]

Noun

àzahàr̃ f

1. (Islam) dhuhr, the noon prayer

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Spanish

Etymology

Form Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic زَهْرَة (zahra, “flower, blossom”); compare Italian zagara (“orange blossom”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /aθaˈaɾ/ [a.θaˈaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /asaˈaɾ/ [a.saˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ

Noun

azahar m (plural azahares)

1. orange blossom
2. lemon blossom

See also

• naranjo

Further reading

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