azafrán
Asturian edit
Noun edit
azafrán m (plural azafranes)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic اَلزَّعْفَرَان (az-zaʕfarān, “the saffron”). Cognate with English saffron.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /aθaˈfɾan/ [a.θaˈfɾãn]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /asaˈfɾan/ [a.saˈfɾãn]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -an
- Syllabification: a‧za‧frán
Noun edit
azafrán m (plural azafranes)
- saffron crocus (Crocus sativus)
- (spices) saffron
- (dyes) saffron
- (Philippines) turmeric (Curcuma longa)
- 1879, José Felipe del Pan, Diccionario de la administración, del Comercio y de la vida práctica en Filipinas, page 150:
- AZAFRÁN. Curcuma longa. Planta con la que los indios tiñen de amarillo que no es muy firme. Su raíz cruda la comen los que adolecen de jaqueca, y les aprovecha.
- TURMERIC. Curcuma longa. Plant with which the Indians use as yellow dye that is not firm. Its raw root is eaten by those who suffer from headaches, and they take advantage of it.
Derived terms edit
- azafranar (verb)
See also edit
azafrán on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
Further reading edit
- “azafrán”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014