azenha
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic سَانِيَة (sāniya).[1][2] Cognate with Galician acea and Spanish aceña.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈzẽ.ɲɐ/ [aˈzẽ.j̃ɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈze.ɲa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈzɐ(j).ɲɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈze.ɲɐ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈze.ɲɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈze.ɲɐ/
- Hyphenation: a‧ze‧nha
Noun
azenha f (plural azenhas)
- water mill with a vertical water wheel
- Synonym: atafona
References
- ^ “azenha”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- ^ “azenha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Further reading
- “azenha”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026