zanahoria
carrotraíz anaranjada comestible
Comes from Arabic
إِسْفَنَارِيَّة
isfanāriyya
“the (wild) carrot”«la zanahoria (silvestre)»
In Andalusi Arabic: سَفُنَّارِيَّة safunnāriyya
Arabic today says
جَزَر
jazar
The article
It came in without the article.
Arabic itself had taken it from Greek.
The story
It comes from Greek staphylínos (agría), "(wild) carrot", via Andalusi safunnāriyya. Today Arabic says jazar, a different word.Viene del griego staphylínos (agría), «zanahoria (silvestre)», a través del andalusí safunnāriyya. Hoy en árabe se dice jazar, una palabra distinta.
In a sentence
El conejo come zanahorias.
The rabbit eats carrots.
يَأْكُلُ الأَرْنَبُ الجَزَر.
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