arrayán

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الرَيْحَان (ar-rayḥān, “myrtle”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /araˈʝan/ [a.raˈʝãn]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /araˈʃan/ [a.raˈʃãn]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /araˈʒan/ [a.raˈʒãn]

Rhymes: -an
Syllabification: a‧rra‧yán

Noun

arrayán m (plural arrayanes)

myrtle
Synonyms: mirto, murta

Derived terms

arrayanal

Further reading

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

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