abalorio
Spanish
Etymology
From Arabic بِلَّوْرِيّ (billawriyy, “crystalline”), from بِلَّوْر (billawr, “crystal”), from Persian, from Middle Persian, from Sanskrit वैडूर्य (vaiḍūrya). The Royal Spanish Academy postulates that it came to Arabic from Tamil but notes that similar terms are found in other South Asian languages, including Persian and Sanskrit.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abaˈloɾjo/ [a.β̞aˈlo.ɾjo]
- Rhymes: -oɾjo
- Syllabification: a‧ba‧lo‧rio
Descendants
- → Tagalog: abaloryo
References
- Corriente, Federico (2019-03-11), “Boletín de información lingüística de la Real Academia Española”, in NOTAS A LOS ARABISMOS Y OTROS «EXOTISMOS» EN DLE 2014 (in Spanish), Royal Spanish Academy
Further reading
- “abalorio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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