albuhera

Old Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic اَلْبُحَيْرَة (al-buḥayra), from Arabic بُحَيْرَة (buḥayra, “lake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /albuˈheɾa/

Noun

albuhera f (plural albuheras)

1. pool, lake
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 44r:

     […] en una cueua muy fonda en que a una albuhera quadrada. ⁊ en medio de aquella albuhera aun foyo en que mana agua uerde […]

     […] in a very deep cave in which there is a square pool. And in the middle of that pool there is a hole from which green water wells up […]

   • Idem, f. 47r.

     Et eſta fallan en la tierra aq́ dizen azench en un otero que es çerca del albuhera azeda Et el agua deſta laguna es contraria de todas las otras.

     And they find it in the land they call Azench, on a hillock that is near a bitter pool. And the water of this lagoon is contrary to all others.

Synonyms

• laguna f

Descendants

• Spanish: albufera