alforje

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

alforge (Portugal)
alforja

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خُرْج (ḵurj, “saddlebag”), via Andalusian Arabic. Compare Spanish alforja.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈfɔʁ.ʒi/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /awˈfɔɾ.ʒi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /awˈfɔʁ.ʒi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈfɔɻ.ʒe/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈfɔɾ.ʒɨ/

Homophone: alforge
Hyphenation: al‧for‧je

Noun

alforje m (plural alforjes) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)

saddlebag, pannier

Further reading

“alforge”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
“alforge”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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