azorrague
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Portuguese
Etymology
From Arabic سريقة (surriyaqah). Cognate with Spanish zurriaga and Spanish zurriago.[1]
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧zor‧ra‧que
Noun
azorrague m (plural azorragues)
- scourge (a whip or lash used to inflict severe corporal punishment or self-mortification).
References
- ^ “azorrague”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024