sagarmín

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque sagarmin, from a compound of sagar (“apple”) +‎ min (“bitter, spicy”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saɡaɾˈmin/ [sa.ɣ̞aɾˈmĩn]
  • Rhymes: -in
  • Syllabification: sa‧gar‧mín

Noun

sagarmín f (plural sagarmines)

  1. (Basque Country) crabapple

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines; José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983), “sagarmín”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), volume V (Ri–X), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 126

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