albahaca
Asturian edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic حَبَق (ḥabaq, “basil”).
Noun edit
albahaca f (plural albahaques)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Spanish albafaca, from Arabic الْحَبَق (al-ḥabaq, “basil”), first attested in the 13th century.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /albaˈaka/ [al.β̞aˈa.ka], /alˈbaka/ [alˈβ̞a.ka]
Audio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -aka
- Syllabification: al‧ba‧ha‧ca
Noun edit
albahaca f (plural albahacas)
Descendants edit
- → Cebuano: albahaka
- → Mecayapan Nahuatl: albaja̱quej
- → Russian: альбаа́ка (alʹbaáka)
- → Tagalog: albahaka
Further reading edit
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “albahaca”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 112
- “albahaca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014