cenoria

Asturian

Alternative forms

  • acenoria

Etymology

Inherited from Old Leonese aceñoria.

Noun

cenoria f (plural cenories)

  1. (archaic except Western Asturias) carrot (root vegetable, usually orange)
    Synonym: zanahoria

Further reading

  • Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “cenoria”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Etymology tree
Ancient Greek στᾰφῠλή (stăphŭlḗ)
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Ancient Greek -ῖνος (-înos)
Ancient Greek σταφυλίνη (staphulínē)bor.
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵr̥yos
Ancient Greek ἀγρία (agría)bor.
Arabic إِسْفَنَارِيَّة (ʔisfanāriyya)
Andalusian Arabic *سَفُنَّارْيَة (*safunnārya)bor.
Old Spanish çenoriabor.
Old Galician-Portuguese *çenoyra
Galician cenoria

    Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese *çenoyra, from Old Spanish çanahoria, from Andalusian Arabic *سَفُنَّارْيَة (*safunnārya), from Arabic إِسْفَنَارِيَّة (ʔisfanāriyya), from Ancient Greek σταφυλίνη ἀγρία (staphulínē agría, “wild carrot”).

    Cognate with Mirandese and Portuguese cenoura, Asturian and Spanish zanahoria (and their descendants into other languages), Maltese zunnarija, Catalan safanòria, Basque azenario and Libyan Arabic سفنّاريّة (sfənnāriyya).

    Pronunciation

     
    • IPA(key): (standard) /θeˈnɔɾja/ [θeˈnɔ.ɾjɐ]
    • IPA(key): (seseo) /seˈnɔɾja/ [seˈnɔ.ɾjɐ]

    • Rhymes: -ɔɾja
    • Hyphenation: ce‧no‧ria

    Noun

    cenoria f (plural cenorias)

    1. carrot

    Further reading

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