azagaya
التعريفات والمعاني
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Old Spanish azagaya (1284), Arabic اَلزَّغَايَة (az-zaḡāya), from Proto-Berber *zaġāya (“spear”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /aθaˈɡaʝa/ [a.θaˈɣ̞a.ʝa] (Spain)
IPA(key): /asaˈɡaʝa/ [a.saˈɣ̞a.ʝa] (most of Latin America, Philippines)
Rhymes: -aʝa
Syllabification: a‧za‧ga‧ya
=== Noun ===
azagaya f (plural azagayas)
assegai (weapon)
=== Further reading ===
“azagaya”, 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