asanorya

Tagalog

Alternative forms
  • asinorya

Etymology

From a metathesis of Spanish zanahoria (“carrot”), itself a metathesis of Andalusian Arabic *سَفُنَّارْيَة (*safunnārya), from Arabic إِسْفَنَارِيَّة‎ (ʔisfanāriyya).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: a‧sa‧nor‧ya
  • IPA(key): /ʔasaˈnoɾja/, [ʔɐ.sɐˈnoɾ.jɐ]

Noun

asanorya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐᜈᜓᜇ᜔ᜌ)

  1. (archaic) carrot
    Synonym: karot

Further reading
  • “asanorya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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