zoina

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زَانِيَة.[1]

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: zoi‧na

Noun

zoina f (plural zoinas)

  1. hooker, whore, prostitute
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prostituta

References

  1. ^ zoina”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024