asapran

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish azafrán, from Arabic اَلزَّعْفَرَان (az-zaʕfarān, “the saffron”) via Andalusian Arabic, from Middle Iranian.

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔasaˈpɾan/ [ʔɐ.sɐˈpɾan]
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: a‧sa‧pran

Noun

asaprán (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐᜉ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔)

  1. saffron

Further reading
  • “asapran”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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