alforje

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• alforge (Portugal)
• alforja

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خُرْج (ḵurj, “saddlebag”), via Andalusian Arabic. Compare Spanish alforja.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈfɔʁ.ʒi/ [aʊ̯ˈfɔɦ.ʒi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈfɔʁ.ʒi/ [aʊ̯ˈfɔɦ.ʒi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /awˈfɔɾ.ʒi/ [aʊ̯ˈfɔɾ.ʒi]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /awˈfɔʁ.ʒi/ [aʊ̯ˈfɔʁ.ʒi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈfɔɻ.ʒe/ [aʊ̯ˈfɔɻ.ʒe]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈfɔɾ.ʒɨ/ [aɫˈfɔɾ.ʒɨ]

• Homophone: alforge
• Hyphenation: al‧for‧je

Noun

alforje m (plural alforjes) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)

1. saddlebag, pannier

Further reading

• “alforge”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “alforge”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024