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

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

azahar m (plural azahares)

1. orange blossom
2. lemon blossom
3. Diplolepis, a flowering plant

Related terms

• azar

See also

• naranjo

Further reading

• “azahar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024