alchechengi

Italian

Alternative forms

• alcachengi

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Spanish alquequenje, from Arabic الْكَاكَنْج (al-kākanj, “bladder cherry”), from Middle Persian [script needed] (kākanag).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.keˈkɛn.d͡ʒi/
• Rhymes: -ɛndʒi
• Hyphenation: al‧che‧chèn‧gi

Noun

alchechengi m (invariable)

1. bladder cherry, winter cherry, Chinese lantern (the plant Alkekengi officinarum (syn. Physalis alkekengi))

Further reading

• Physalis alkekengi on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it
• alchechengi in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• alchechengi in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• alchechengi in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• alchechengi in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• alchechengi in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa