ajataba

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish axataba (1277), Arabic الشضيبة (aš-šaḍiba), from Arabic الشَّظِيَّة (aš-šaẓiyya, “splinter”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /axaˈtaba/ [a.xaˈt̪a.β̞a]
  • Rhymes: -aba
  • Syllabification: a‧ja‧ta‧ba

Noun

ajataba f (plural ajatabas)

  1. (astronomy, obsolete) a pinnule or diopter

Further reading

  • “ajataba”, in Diccionario histórico de la lengua española [Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], launched 2013, →ISSN
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