alfafa

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁eḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háćwas

Proto-Iranian *Hácwah

Proto-Iranian *Hástiš

Proto-Iranian *HacwaHastiš

Old Median *aspāstišder.

Arabic فَصْفَص (faṣfaṣ)bor.

Old Galician-Portuguese alfalfa

Portuguese alfafa

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese alfalfa, from Arabic الْفَصْفَصَة (al-faṣfaṣa).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈfa.fɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈfa.fɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈfa.fɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈfa.fɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈfa.fa/ [aʊ̯ˈfa.fa]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈfa.fɐ/ [aɫˈfa.fɐ]

• Rhymes: -afɐ
• Hyphenation: al‧fa‧fa

Noun

alfafa f (plural alfafas)

1. alfalfa (Medicago sativa)

   Synonym: luzerna

2. (loosely) medick (any plant of the genus Medicago)