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Certain: The standard etymology in the RAE dictionary and in Corriente; no serious doubt.Plants & animals · Common

azahar

orange blossom (white flower of orange and lemon trees)flor blanca del naranjo y el limonero

Comes from Arabic

الزَّهْر

az-zahr

“the flowers”«las flores»

Arabic today says

زَهْر

zahr

And it still does

Root

ز ه ر

z-h-r

The article

Spanish kept the Arabic article al- glued to the word.

The story

In Arabic zahr means flowers in general; in Spanish it narrowed to citrus blossom. Orange-blossom water is the māʾ az-zahr of Arab pastry.En árabe zahr son las flores en general; en castellano se especializó en la flor de los cítricos. El agua de azahar es la māʾ az-zahr de la repostería árabe.

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