لنجاص

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From a nasalised variant of Arabic إجّاص (ʔijjāṣ) with a fused definite article. Compare Algerian Arabic لنجاص (lanjāṣ) and Maltese lanġas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lan.ɡaːsˤ/

Noun

لنجاص • (langāṣm (collective, singulative لنجاصة f (langāṣa), paucal لنجاصات (langāṣāt))

  1. alternative form of نجاص (ngāṣ): pears