bisnaga
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
From Spanish biznaga.
=== Noun ===
bisnaga (countable and uncountable, plural bisnagas)
A plant in the celery family (Visnaga daucoides, syn. Ammi visnaga) grown for its seeds, which have been used as an herbal medicine.
==== See also ====
khellin
=== Anagrams ===
abasing, baaings, baigans
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Spanish biznaga, from Andalusian Arabic بِسْنَاج (bisnāj), بِسْتِنَاجَة (bistināja), from Latin pastināca (“parsnip, carrot”). Doublet of pastanaga.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [bizˈna.ɣə]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [bizˈna.ɣa]
=== Noun ===
bisnaga f (plural bisnagues)
toothpickweed (Visnaga daucoides)
=== Further reading ===
“bisnaga”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
== Italian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Spanish biznaga, borrowed from Andalusian Arabic بِسْنَاج (bisnāj), بِسْتِنَاجَة (bistināja), بِشْتِْنَاجَة (bištināja), بِشْتِنَاقَة (bištināqa, “parsnip”), from Latin pastināca (“parsnip, carrot”). Doublet of pastinaca.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /bizˈna.ɡa/
Rhymes: -aɡa
Hyphenation: bi‧snà‧ga
=== Noun ===
bisnaga f (plural bisnaghe)
toothpickweed (Ammi visnaga)
=== Further reading ===
bisnaga in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
== Portuguese ==
=== Alternative forms ===
bisnaca, visnaga (obsolete)
=== Etymology ===
From Old Galician-Portuguese, borrowed from the same Andalusian Arabic source as Spanish biznaga (“toothpickweed”) passed from Latin pastināca (“parsnip”).
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: bis‧na‧ga
=== Noun ===
bisnaga f (plural bisnagas)
toothpickweed, khella (Visnaga daucoides syn. Ammi visnaga)
squirt gun
tube (often containing paste-like substances)
Synonym: tubo
(Brazil) refers to some types of bread, especially French bread
Synonym: cacete
=== Further reading ===
“bisnaga”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“bisnaga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026