aljub

From Andalusian Arabic اَلْجُبّ (al-júbb), from Classical Arabic جُبّ (jubb, “cistern, well”). Cognate with Galician alxibe and Spanish aljibe.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əʎˈʒup]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aʎˈd͡ʒup]

aljub m (plural aljubs)

1. well (for water), cistern, tank, reservoir

• safareig (“artificial water deposit”)

• “aljub”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “aljub” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “aljub” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.