azédarach

See also: azedarach

French

Alternative forms

• azédarac, adrézarach

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish acederaque, from Arabic أَزَادَرْخَت (ʔazādarḵat), from Persian آزاددرخت (âzâd-deraxt, literally “noble tree”), from آزاد (âzâd, “noble”) +‎ درخت (deraxt, “tree”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ze.da.ʁak/

Noun

azédarach m (plural azédarachs)

1. azedarach, bead tree, chinaberry (Melia azedarach)

Descendants

• → English: azedarach

Further reading

• “azédarach”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.