alforje
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic خُرْج (ḵurj, “saddlebag”), via Andalusian Arabic. Compare Spanish alforja.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /awˈfɔʁ.ʒi/ [aʊ̯ˈfɔɦ.ʒi]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /awˈfɔɾ.ʒi/ [aʊ̯ˈfɔɾ.ʒi]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /awˈfɔʁ.ʒi/ [aʊ̯ˈfɔʁ.ʒi]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /awˈfɔɻ.ʒi/ [aʊ̯ˈfɔɻ.ʒi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /awˈfɔʁ.ʒe/ [aʊ̯ˈfɔɦ.ʒe]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /alˈfɔɾ.ʒɨ/ [aɫˈfɔɾ.ʒɨ]
- Homophone: alforge
- Hyphenation: al‧for‧je
Noun
alforje m (plural alforjes) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)
Further reading
- “alforje”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “alforge”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “alforge”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026