benjuí

Borrowed from Arabic لُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy, “Javanese frankincense”). First attested in 1430.^[1]

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bəɲ.ʒuˈi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [beɲ.d͡ʒuˈi]

benjuí m (plural benjuís)

1. benzoin (aromatic balsam, a medicinal plant)

• “benjuí”, 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
• “benjuí” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “benjuí” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Borrowed from Arabic لُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy, “Javanese frankincense”).

• IPA^(key): /benˈxwi/ [bẽŋˈxwi]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: ben‧juí

benjuí m (plural benjuíes or benjuís)

1. benzoin (aromatic balsam, a medicinal plant)

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