alazor

Spanish

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic اَلْعَصْفُر (al-ʕaṣfúr), from Arabic اَلْعُصْفُر (al-ʕuṣfur, “safflower”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /alaˈθoɾ/ [a.laˈθoɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /alaˈsoɾ/ [a.laˈsoɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: a‧la‧zor

Noun

alazor m (plural alazores)

1. safflower

Further reading

• “alazor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28