asanorya

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• asinorya

Etymology

From a metathesis of Spanish zanahoria (“carrot”), itself a metathesis of Andalusian Arabic *سَفُنَّارْيَة (*safunnārya), from Arabic إِسْفَنَارِيَّة (ʔisfanāriyya). Compare Cebuano sanahorya.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔasaˈnoɾja/ [ʔɐ.sɐˈn̪oɾ.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -oɾja
• Syllabification: a‧sa‧nor‧ya

Noun

asanorya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐᜈᜓᜇ᜔ᜌ) (archaic)

1. carrot

   Synonym: karot

Further reading

• “asanorya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018