zanja
See also: zanjá
English
Etymology
Spanish zanja
Noun
zanja (plural zanjas)
- An irrigation canal in Latin America.
Related terms
- zanjero
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Basque zanga, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sengh- (possibly borrowed via Proto-Celtic [Term?]).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθanxa/ [ˈθãŋ.xa]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈsanxa/ [ˈsãŋ.xa]
- Rhymes: -anxa
- Syllabification: zan‧ja
Noun
zanja f (plural zanjas)
- ditch; trench
- Synonyms: trinchera, cuneta
Verb
zanja
- inflection of zanjar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
References
- Sobre la etimología del vasco zanga y del español zanja, Fernando Fernández Palacios, in Fontes linguae vasconum: Studia et documenta, Navarra:Institución Príncipe de Viana, 1969. Accessible at Fundación Dialnet
Further reading
- “zanja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014