alkazar

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alcázar, from Arabic الْقَصْر‎ (al-qaṣr, “the castle”), from Latin castrum (“castle”).[1] First attested in 1695.[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /alˈka.zar/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -azar
  • Syllabification: al‧ka‧zar

Noun

alkazar m inan

  1. alcazar (Moorish fortress in Spain) [from 19th c.]
  2. (Middle Polish) Arabic castle [17th c.][2]

Declension
Declension of alkazar
singular plural
nominative alkazar alkazary
genitive alkazaru alkazarów
dative alkazarowi alkazarom
accusative alkazar alkazary
instrumental alkazarem alkazarami
locative alkazarze alkazarach
vocative alkazarze alkazary

References
  1. Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. Włodzimierz Gruszczyński (05.08.2020), “ALKAZAR”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

Further reading
  • alkazar in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • alkazar in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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