alfanje
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Portuguese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Arabic الْخَنْجَر (al-ḵanjar, “dagger”).
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: al‧fan‧je
Noun
[edit]alfanje m (plural alfanjes) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)
- cutlass (European sword with a straight or slightly curved blade)
- scimitar (Middle Eastern sword with a curved blade)
- scythe (agricultural hand tool with a blade)
- Synonym: gadanha
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Andalusian Arabic الخنجر (al-ḵánjar, “dagger”), from Classical Arabic خَنْجَر (ḵanjar, “dagger”), from Persian خونگر (xungar).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]alfanje m (plural alfanjes)
- cutlass (sword of European origin with a straight or slightly curved blade)
- scimitar (sword of Middle Eastern origin with a curved blade)
- swordfish (large marine fish with a long, pointed bill, Xiphias gladius)
- Synonym: pez espada
Further reading
[edit]- “alfanje”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Rhymes:Spanish/anxe
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