jazmín

See also: Jazmin, jázmin, and Jázmin

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Middle Persian yʾsmn'

Classical Persian یَاسَمِین (yāsamīn)bor.

Arabic يَاسَمِين (yāsamīn)bor.

Spanish jazmín

Borrowed from Arabic يَاسَمِين (yāsamīn), via Andalusian Arabic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /xaθˈmin/ [xaθ̬ˈmĩn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /xasˈmin/ [xazˈmĩn]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: jaz‧mín

Noun

jazmín m (plural jazmines)

1. jasmine

Derived terms

• jazmín de España
• jazmín del papa
• jazmín del Paraguay
• jazmín paraguayo
• jazminero m

 

Descendants

• → German: Jasmin

Further reading

• “jazmín”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014