açafran
Old Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Andalusian Arabic اَلزَّعْفَرَان (az-zaʕfarān), from Arabic زَعْفَرَان (zaʕfarān).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editaçafran m (usually uncountable)
- saffron
- c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 51v:
- […] De color es de açafran ⁊ aun mas tinta. Fendida es. ⁊ por end es ligera de quebrantar, ⁊ mas liuiana de peſo ⁊ ſemeia en ſus maneras toda al armoniaco.
- […] It is the color of saffron, but redder. It is cleft, and therefore easy to break. It is lighter in weight but similar in all ways to sal ammoniac.
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Spanish: azafrán