zafanoria

Aragonese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic *سَفُنَّارْيَة (*safunnārya), from Arabic إِسْفَنَارِيَّة (ʔisfanāriyya)), from Ancient Greek σταφυλίνη ἀγρία (staphulínē agría, wild carrot).

Cognate to Catalan safanòria, Asturian and Spanish zanahoria (and its descendants into other languages), Galician cenoria, Portuguese cenoura, Mirandese cenoura, Basque azenario, Libyan Arabic سفنّاريّة (sfənnāriyya) and Maltese zunnarija.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θafaˈnoɾja/
  • Syllabification: za‧fa‧no‧ria
  • Rhymes: -oɾja

Noun

zafanoria f (plural zafanorias)

  1. carrot
    Synonym: carrota

References

  • zanahoria”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
  • Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “zafanoria”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN