aljôfar

See also: aljofar and aljófar

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese aljoufar, from Arabic الجَوْهَر (al-jawhar, “jewel, pearl”), from Persian (gowhar, “jewel, pearl”), from Middle Persian gwhl (gōhr, “substance, essence; jewel”), from Old Persian *gauθra, *gavaθra, from Proto-Indo-European. Cognate with Galician alxofre and Spanish aljófar.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈʒo.fɐʁ/ [aʊ̯ˈʒo.fɐh]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /awˈʒo.fɐɾ/ [aʊ̯ˈʒo.fɐɾ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /awˈʒo.fɐʁ/ [aʊ̯ˈʒo.fɐχ]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /awˈʒo.fɐɻ/ [aʊ̯ˈʒo.fɐɻ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈʒo.faʁ/ [aʊ̯ˈʒo.fah]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈʒo.faɾ/ [aɫˈʒo.faɾ]

Hyphenation: al‧jô‧far

Noun

aljôfar m (plural aljôfares)

Further reading

“aljôfar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“aljôfar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026