arrayán

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الرَيْحَان (ar-rayḥān, “myrtle”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /araˈʝan/ [a.raˈʝãn]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /araˈʝan/ [a.raˈʝãn]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /araˈʃan/ [a.raˈʃãn]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /araˈʒan/ [a.raˈʒãn]

• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: a‧rra‧yán

Noun

arrayán m (plural arrayanes)

1. myrtle

   Synonyms: mirto, murta

Derived terms

• arrayanal

 

Further reading

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