Basque edit

Etymology edit

Probably borrowed from Spanish alcandora, from Andalusian Arabic الْقَنْدُورَة (al-qandūra), from Classical Persian قنتوره (qantūra, a braided shirt).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /alkandoɾa/ [al.kãn̪.d̪o.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -oɾa
  • Hyphenation: al‧kan‧do‧ra

Noun edit

alkandora inan

  1. shirt
    Synonym: atorra

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Corriente, Federico (2008) “alcandora”, in Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 97), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 76

Further reading edit

  • "alkandora" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • alkandora” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus