zaino
See also: Zaino
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): */ˈd͡zaj.no/[1][2]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ajno
- Hyphenation: zài‧no
Etymology 1
From Lombardic zeina (“basket”). Doublet of zana (“basket”).
Noun
zaino m (plural zaini)
- satchel, rucksack, backpack
- Sta portando uno zaino sulla schiena.
- She is carrying a backpack on her back.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Spanish zaino.
Adjective
zaino (feminine zaina, masculine plural zaini, feminine plural zaine)
- (of the dark coat of a horse, dog etc.) having no light markings
References
- zaino in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- zaino in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
Further reading
- zaino2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- zaino1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- Anzio, ziano, zoani, zonai
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθaino/ [ˈθai̯.no]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈsaino/ [ˈsai̯.no]
- Rhymes: -aino
- Syllabification: zai‧no
Etymology 1
Arabic سَاحِم (sāḥim, “blackened”)
Alternative forms
- zahino, saino, sahino, zaíno, zahíno, saíno, sahíno
Adjective
zaino (feminine zaina, masculine plural zainos, feminine plural zainas)
- (color, of horses or cattle) chestnut (of a dark, reddish-brown color)
- 1889, Armando Palacio Valdés, La hermana San Sulpicio:
- —¿Qué tal los toros?—les preguntó un cochero al cruzar a nuestro lado. —¡Finos, finos! Hay uno negro, zaino, de mucho cuidado.
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Etymology 2
From Andalusian Arabic [script needed] (zahím, “unpleasant”), from Arabic [script needed] (zahim, “sticky”).
Adjective
zaino (feminine zaina, masculine plural zainos, feminine plural zainas)
- false-looking
Further reading
- “zaino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- Corriente, Federico; Pereira, Christophe; Vicente, Angeles, editors (2019) Dictionnaire des emprunts ibéro-romans. Emprunts à l’arabe et aux langues du Monde Islamique (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, page 542