aljôfar

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See also: aljofar and aljófar

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese aljoufar, from Arabic الجَوْهَر (al-jawhar, “jewel, pearl”), from Persian (gowhar, “jewel, pearl”), from Middle Persian gwhl (gōhr, “substance, essence; jewel”), from Old Persian *gauθra, *gavaθra, from Proto-Indo-European. Cognate with Galician alxofre and Spanish aljófar.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈʒo.fɐʁ/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /awˈʒo.fɐɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /awˈʒo.fɐʁ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈʒo.faɻ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈʒo.faɾ/

Hyphenation: al‧jô‧far

Noun

aljôfar m (plural aljôfares)

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