eyalato

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ایالت (eyâlet), with the suffix modified to -ato.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eʝaˈlato/ [e.ʝaˈla.t̪o]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /eʝaˈlato/ [e.ʝaˈla.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /eʃaˈlato/ [e.ʃaˈla.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /eʒaˈlato/ [e.ʒaˈla.t̪o]

• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: e‧ya‧la‧to

Noun

eyalato m (plural eyalatos)

1. (historical) eyalet