açafran

Old Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic اَلزَّعْفَرَان (az-zaʕfarān), from Arabic زَعْفَرَان (zaʕfarān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /at͡saˈfɾan/

Noun

açafran m (usually uncountable)

1. saffron
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 51v:

     […] De color es de açafran ⁊ aun mas tinta. Fendida es. ⁊ por end es ligera de quebrantar, ⁊ mas liuiana de peſo ⁊ ſemeia en ſus maneras toda al armoniaco.

     […] It is the color of saffron, but redder. It is cleft, and therefore easy to break. It is lighter in weight but similar in all ways to sal ammoniac.

Derived terms

• açafranado

Descendants

• Spanish: azafrán