bezaar

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish bezahar, from Arabic بَازَهْر (bāzahr). Superseded by bezoar, from French.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /beθaˈaɾ/ [be.θaˈaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /besaˈaɾ/ [be.saˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: be‧za‧ar

Noun

bezaar m (plural bezaares)

1. (rare, obsolete) bezoar

   Synonym: bezoar

Further reading

• “bezaar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014