toronjil

Spanish

toronjil – Melissa officinalis

Alternative forms

• toronjina (Valencia)

Etymology

From Arabic تُرُنْجَان (turunjān, “lemon balm”), Andalusian Arabic forms of which تُرُنْجِين (turunjīn) and تُرُنْجِيل (turunjīl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toɾonˈxil/ [t̪o.ɾõŋˈxil]
• Rhymes: -il
• Syllabification: to‧ron‧jil

Noun

toronjil m (plural toronjiles)

1. lemon balm

Derived terms

• toronjil morado

 

Further reading

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