See also: zanjá

English edit

Etymology edit

Spanish zanja

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Noun edit

zanja (plural zanjas)

  1. An irrigation canal in Latin America.

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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθanxa/ [ˈθãŋ.xa]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈsanxa/ [ˈsãŋ.xa]
  • Rhymes: -anxa
  • Syllabification: zan‧ja

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Basque zanga, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sengh- (possibly borrowed via Proto-Celtic [Term?]).

Noun edit

zanja f (plural zanjas)

  1. ditch; trench
    Synonyms: trinchera, cuneta

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

zanja

  1. inflection of zanjar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References edit

  • Sobre la etimología del vasco zanga y del español zanja, Fernando Fernández Palacios, in Fontes linguae vasconum: Studia et documenta, Navarra:Institución Príncipe de Viana, 1969. Accessible at Fundación Dialnet

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