alkandora

Basque

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Spanish alcandora, from Andalusian Arabic الْقَنْدُورَة (al-qandūra), from Classical Persian قنتوره (qantūra, “a braided shirt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alkandoɾa/ [al.kãn̪.d̪o.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -oɾa, -a
• Hyphenation: al‧kan‧do‧ra

Noun

alkandora inan

1. shirt

   Synonym: atorra

Declension

Declension of alkandora (inanimate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	alkandora	alkandora	alkandorak
ergative	alkandorak	alkandorak	alkandorek
dative	alkandorari	alkandorari	alkandorei
genitive	alkandoraren	alkandoraren	alkandoren
comitative	alkandorarekin	alkandorarekin	alkandorekin
causative	alkandorarengatik	alkandorarengatik	alkandorengatik
benefactive	alkandorarentzat	alkandorarentzat	alkandorentzat
instrumental	alkandoraz	alkandoraz	alkandorez
inessive	alkandoratan	alkandoran	alkandoretan
locative	alkandoratako	alkandorako	alkandoretako
allative	alkandoratara	alkandorara	alkandoretara
terminative	alkandorataraino	alkandoraraino	alkandoretaraino
directive	alkandoratarantz	alkandorarantz	alkandoretarantz
destinative	alkandoratarako	alkandorarako	alkandoretarako
ablative	alkandoratatik	alkandoratik	alkandoretatik
partitive	alkandorarik	—	—
prolative	alkandoratzat	—	—

Derived terms

• alkandora hutsean (“in shirt sleeves”)
• alkandora hutsik (“in shirt sleeves”)

Further reading

• “alkandora”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “alkandora”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005