zaino

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ^*/ˈd͡zaj.no/

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• Rhymes: -ajno
• Hyphenation: zài‧no

Etymology 1

From Lombardic zeina (“basket”). Doublet of zana (“basket”).

Noun

zaino m (plural zaini)

1. satchel, rucksack, backpack

   Sta portando uno zaino sulla schiena.

   She is carrying a backpack on her back.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish zaino.

Adjective

zaino (feminine zaina, masculine plural zaini, feminine plural zaine)

1. (of the dark coat of a horse, dog etc.) having no light markings

References

Further reading

• zaino² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• zaino¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Anzio, ziano, zoani, zonai

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθaino/
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈsaino/
• Rhymes: -aino
• Syllabification: zai‧no

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic سَاحِم (sāḥim, “blackened”).

Alternative forms

• zahino, saino, sahino, zaíno, zahíno, saíno, sahíno

Adjective

zaino (feminine zaina, masculine plural zainos, feminine plural zainas)

1. (of horses or cattle) chestnut (of a dark, reddish-brown color)
   • 1889, Armando Palacio Valdés, La hermana San Sulpicio‎:

     —¿Qué tal los toros?—les preguntó un cochero al cruzar a nuestro lado. —¡Finos, finos! Hay uno negro, zaino, de mucho cuidado.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology 2

From Andalusian Arabic زَهِيم (zahīm, “unpleasant”), from Arabic زَهِم (zahim, “greasy, filthy, fetid”).

Adjective

zaino (feminine zaina, masculine plural zainos, feminine plural zainas)

1. false-looking

Further reading

• “zaino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2019), Dictionnaire des emprunts ibéro-romans. Emprunts à l’arabe et aux langues du Monde Islamique (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 542