albahaca

Asturian

Etymology

From Arabic حَبَق (ḥabaq, “basil”).

Noun

albahaca f (plural albahaques)

basil (plant)
basil (herb)

Spanish

Albahaca

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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), volumes 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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