albahaca

Asturian

Etymology

From Arabic حَبَق‎ (ḥabaq, “basil”).

Noun

albahaca f (plural albahaques)

basil (plant)
basil (herb)

Spanish

Albahaca

Etymology

From Old Spanish albafaca, from Arabic الْحَبَق‎ (al-ḥabaq, “basil”), first attested in the 13th century.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /albaˈaka/ [al.β̞aˈa.ka]
- Rhymes: -aka
- Syllabification: al‧ba‧ha‧ca
IPA^(key): /alˈbaka/ [alˈβ̞a.ka]

Noun

albahaca f (plural albahacas)

basil (plant or culinary herb)
Synonyms: manjerico, alhábega

Descendants

→ Cebuano: albahaka
→ Mecayapan Nahuatl: albaja̱quej
→ Russian: альбаа́ка (alʹbaáka)
→ Tagalog: albahaka

Further reading

Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1984), “albahaca”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 112
“albahaca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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