arjorán
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic أَرْجُوَان (ʔarjuwān), from Aramaic אַרְגְּוָונָא / ܐܰܪܓܽܘܳܢܳܐ (ʾargəwānā), from Akkadian 𒅈𒂵𒌋𒌋𒉡 (argamannu).
Noun
arjorán m (plural arjoranes)
- Judas tree (Cercis siliquastrum)
- Synonyms: algarrobos locos, ciclamor, árbol del amor, árbol de Judas
Further reading
- “arjorán”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024