aranya

Inherited from Latin arānea (compare Occitan aranha, French araignée, Spanish araña). Probably a doublet of ronya, from a Vulgar Latin derivative.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈɾa.ɲə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈɾa.ɲa]

• Audio (Valencia):

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• Rhymes: -aɲa

aranya f (plural aranyes)

1. spider
2. chandelier
3. weever (any of nine species of fish in the family Trachinidae)

• “aranya”, 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
• “aranya”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “aranya” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “aranya” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

arany +‎ -a (possessive suffix)

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒrɒɲɒ]
• Hyphenation: ara‧nya

aranya

1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of arany

From Spanish araña de luces (“chandelier”) or Spanish araña (“spider”). Doublet of aranyas.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaɾanˈja/ [ʔɐ.ɾɐnˈɲa], /ʔaˈɾanja/ [ʔɐˈɾaː.ɲɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ʔaɾanˈja/ [ʔɐ.ɾɐn̪ˈja], (no palatal assimilation) /ʔaˈɾanja/ [ʔɐˈɾan̪.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -a, -anja
• Syllabification: a‧ran‧ya

aranyá or aranya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜈ᜔ᜌ)

1. chandelier
2. (uncommon) spider

   Synonym: gagamba

• “aranya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018