toronjil

Spanish

toronjil – Melissa officinalis

Alternative forms

toronjina (Valencia)

Etymology

From Arabic تُرُنْجَان (turunjān, “lemon balm”), Andalusian Arabic forms of which تُرُنْجِين (turunjīn) and تُرُنْجِيل (turunjīl).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /toɾonˈxil/ [t̪o.ɾõŋˈxil]
Rhymes: -il
Syllabification: to‧ron‧jil

Noun

toronjil m (plural toronjiles)

lemon balm

Derived terms

toronjil morado

Further reading

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

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