herraj

Spanish

FWOTD – 21 May 2013

Alternative forms

• erraj

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish [Term?], from Andalusian Arabic الرَاهْج (ar-rāhj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈrax/ [eˈrax]
• Rhymes: -ax
• Syllabification: he‧rraj

Noun

herraj m (plural herrajes)

1. charcoal made from the stones of pressed olives
   • Don Antonio de Zamora, El hechizado por fuerza, 1st act, 3rd scene (in 1838, Don Eugenio de Ochoa, Coleccion de los mejores autores españoles, volume 14 / Tesoro del teatro español, volume 5, Crapelet’s press, page 330):

     Pin. Ya la leyó, y ve que en ella os envian cuatro cargas de herraj para los braseros.

     Pin. She already read it, and see that in it they send you four load of herraj for the braziers.

Further reading

• “herraj”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28