aljaba

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَعْبَة (jaʕba), via Andalusian Arabic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈxaba/ [alˈxa.β̞a]

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• Rhymes: -aba
• Syllabification: al‧ja‧ba

Noun

aljaba f (plural aljabas)

1. quiver (for arrows)

   Synonyms: carcaj, goldre

2. hummingbird fuchsia, Fuchsia magellanica

Further reading

• “aljaba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10