aleya

Spanish

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic الآيَة (al-ʔáya), from Arabic آيَة (ʔāya).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /aˈleʝa/ [aˈle.ʝa]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /aˈleʃa/ [aˈle.ʃa]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /aˈleʒa/ [aˈle.ʒa]

Rhymes: -eʝa
Syllabification: a‧le‧ya

Noun

aleya f (plural aleyas)

ayah (a verse in the Quran)

Further reading

“aleya”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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