zéjel
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic زَجَل (zajal), via Andalusian Arabic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθexel/ [ˈθe.xel] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /ˈsexel/ [ˈse.xel] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -exel
- Syllabification: zé‧jel
Noun
zéjel m (plural zéjeles)
Further reading
- “zéjel”, 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