albahaca

== Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish albafaca, metathesized from Arabic الْحَبَق (al-ḥabaq, “basil”), first attested in the 13th century. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /albaˈaka/ [al.β̞aˈa.ka], /alˈbaka/ [alˈβ̞a.ka] Rhymes: -aka Syllabification: al‧ba‧ha‧ca === Noun === albahaca f (plural albahacas) basil (plant or culinary herb) Synonyms: manjerico, alhábega ==== Descendants ==== → Basque: albaka → Cebuano: albahaka → Hanunoo: albahaka → Mecayapan Nahuatl: albaja̱quej → Russian: альбаа́ка (alʹbaáka) → Tagalog: albahaka === Further reading === Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “albahaca”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 112 “albahaca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025