çanahoria

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

  • çahanoria, çenoria, çinoria

Etymology

    Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic *سَفُنَّارْيَة (*safunnārya), from Arabic إِسْفَنَارِيَّة (ʔisfanāriyya), borrowed from Ancient Greek σταφυλίνη (staphulínē, carrot) or ἀγρία (agría, wild). Displaced Latin carōta.

    Noun

    çanahoria f (plural çanahorias)

    1. carrot

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