alforje

Portuguese

Alternative forms

alforge (Portugal)
alforja

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خُرْج (ḵurj, “saddlebag”), via Andalusian Arabic. Compare Spanish alforja.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈfɔʁ.ʒi/ [aʊ̯ˈfɔɦ.ʒi]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /awˈfɔɾ.ʒi/ [aʊ̯ˈfɔɾ.ʒi]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /awˈfɔʁ.ʒi/ [aʊ̯ˈfɔʁ.ʒi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈfɔɻ.ʒe/ [aʊ̯ˈfɔɻ.ʒe]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈfɔɾ.ʒɨ/ [aɫˈfɔɾ.ʒɨ]

Homophone: alforge
Hyphenation: al‧for‧je

Noun

alforje m (plural alforjes) (Brazilian spelling)

saddlebag, pannier

Further reading

“alforge” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
“alforge” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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