arrayán
Spanish
Etymology
From Arabic الرَيْحَان (ar-rayḥān, “myrtle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /araˈʝan/ [a.raˈʝãn]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /araˈʃan/ [a.raˈʃãn]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /araˈʒan/ [a.raˈʒãn]
- Rhymes: -an
- Syllabification: a‧rra‧yán
Noun
arrayán m (plural arrayanes)
- myrtle
- Synonyms: mirto, murta
Derived terms
- arrayanal
Further reading
- “arrayán”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014