Old Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic اَلزَّعْفَرَان (az-zaʕfarān), from Arabic زَعْفَرَان (zaʕfarān).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

açafran m (usually uncountable)

  1. saffron
    • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 51v:
      […] De color es de açafran ⁊ aun mas tinta. Fendida es. ⁊ por end es ligera de quebrantar, ⁊ mas liuiana de peſo ⁊ ſemeia en ſus maneras toda al armoniaco.
      […] It is the color of saffron, but redder. It is cleft, and therefore easy to break. It is lighter in weight but similar in all ways to sal ammoniac.

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Spanish: azafrán