zanahoria

Asturian

Alternative forms

• cenahoria

Etymology

Metathesis of Andalusian Arabic *سَفُنَّارْيَة (*safunnārya), from Arabic إِسْفَنَارِيَّة (ʔisfanāriyya), from Ancient Greek σταφυλίνη ἀγρία (staphulínē agría, “wild carrot”). See more at Spanish zanahoria.

Noun

zanahoria f (plural zanahories)

1. carrot (root vegetable, usually orange)

Spanish

Zanahorias

Etymology

Metathesis of Old Spanish çahanoria, from Andalusian Arabic *سَفُنَّارْيَة (*safunnārya), from Arabic إِسْفَنَارِيَّة (ʔisfanāriyya) (compare Libyan Arabic سفنّاريّة (sfənnāriyya) and Maltese zunnarija), from Ancient Greek σταφυλίνη ἀγρία (staphulínē agría, “wild carrot”).

Cognate to Asturian zanahoria, Catalan safanòria, Galician cenoria, Portuguese cenoura, Mirandese cenoura and Basque azenario.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θanaˈoɾja/ [θa.naˈo.ɾja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /sanaˈoɾja/ [sa.naˈo.ɾja]

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• Rhymes: -oɾja
• Syllabification: za‧na‧ho‧ria

Noun

zanahoria f (plural zanahorias)

1. carrot (root vegetable, usually orange)

Derived terms

• zanahoria blanca
• zanahoria silvestre

Descendants

• → Cebuano: sanahorya, Zanoria
• → Mezquital Otomi: sanoria
• → Quechua: sanawrya
• → Tagalog: asanorya, asinorya
• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: sanaúria

Further reading

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