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

azucena

white lily, Madonna lilylirio blanco muy oloroso

Comes from Arabic

السَّوْسَنَة

as-sawsana

“the lily”«el lirio»

In Andalusi Arabic: السُّوسَنَة as-sūsana

Arabic today says

زَنْبَق

zanbaq

The article

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

Arabic itself had taken it from Persian.

The story

The sun letter s gave az-: as-sūsana > azucena. Today sawsan in Arabic is usually the purple iris, and the white lily is called zanbaq.La s solar dio az-: as-sūsana > azucena. Hoy sawsan en árabe suele ser el lirio morado, y la azucena blanca se llama zanbaq.

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