albahaca
Asturian
Noun
albahaca f (plural albahaques)
Spanish
Etymology
From Andalusian Arabic الحباقة (al-ḥabāqa), from Arabic حَبَق (ḥabaq, “basil”). Compare Portuguese alfavaca.
Pronunciation
Noun
albahaca f (plural albahacas)
- basil (plant or culinary herb)
Further reading
- “albahaca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Categories:
- Asturian lemmas
- Asturian nouns
- Asturian feminine nouns
- ast:Mint family plants
- ast:Herbs
- Spanish terms derived from Andalusian Arabic
- Spanish terms derived from Arabic
- Spanish 4-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- es:Mint family plants
- es:Herbs