azufaifa
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic الزُفَيْزَف (az-zufayzaf, “jujube”), from Classical Syriac ܙܽܘܙܦܴܐ (zūzp̄ā), from Ancient Greek ζίζυφον (zízuphon). Doublet of jínjol.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /aθuˈfaifa/ [a.θuˈfai̯.fa]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /asuˈfaifa/ [a.suˈfai̯.fa]
- Rhymes: -aifa
- Syllabification: a‧zu‧fai‧fa
Noun edit
azufaifa f (plural azufaifas)
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “azufaifa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014