asapran

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish azafrán, from Arabic اَلزَّعْفَرَان (az-zaʕfarān, “the saffron”) via Andalusian Arabic, from Middle Iranian.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔasaˈpɾan/ [ʔɐ.sɐˈpɾan]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: a‧sa‧pran

Noun

asaprán (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐᜉ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔)

1. saffron

Further reading

• “asapran”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018