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