aljôfar
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese aljoufar, from Arabic الجَوْهَر (al-jawhar, “jewel, pearl”), from Persian گوهر (gowhar, “jewel, pearl”), from Middle Persian gwhl (gōhr, “substance, essence; jewel”), from Old Persian *gauθra, *gavaθra, from Proto-Indo-European. Cognate with Galician alxofre and Spanish aljófar.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: al‧jô‧far
Noun edit
aljôfar m (plural aljôfares)
- seed pearl
- drop of water, dew
- tear