alkazar

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alcázar, from Arabic الْقَصْر (al-qaṣr, the castle), from Latin castrum (castle).[1] First attested in 1695.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alˈka.zar/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -azar
  • Syllabification: al‧ka‧zar

Noun

alkazar m inan

  1. alcazar (Moorish fortress in Spain) [from 19th c.]
  2. (Middle Polish) Arabic castle [17th c.][2]

Declension

References

  1. Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “alkazar”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. Włodzimierz Gruszczyński (05.08.2020) “ALKAZAR”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

Further reading

  • alkazar in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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