biznaga

== English == === Noun === biznaga (countable and uncountable, plural biznagas) Alternative form of bisnaga (“plant of celery family”). == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /biθˈnaɡa/ [biθ̬ˈna.ɣ̞a] (Spain) IPA(key): /bisˈnaɡa/ [bizˈna.ɣ̞a] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -aɡa Syllabification: biz‧na‧ga === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old Spanish, borrowed from Andalusian Arabic بِسْنَاج (bisnāj), بِسْتِنَاجَة (bistināja), بِشْتِْنَاجَة (bištināja), بِشْتِنَاقَة (bištināqa, “parsnip”), from Latin pastināca (“parsnip, carrot”). ==== Noun ==== biznaga f (plural biznagas) toothpickweed, khella (Visnaga daucoides (syn. Ammi visnaga)) ===== Descendants ===== → Basque: bisnaga, biznaga → Catalan: bisnaga, biçnaga (obsolete) → Galician: bisnaga, biznaga, bizniega === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl huitznahuac (“surrounded by thorns”), from huitztli (“thorn”) + nciuac (“near, around”). Influenced by biznaga (Etymology 1). ==== Noun ==== biznaga f (plural biznagas) (Mexico) any of several species of small, prickly cacti, especially barrel cacti ===== Derived terms ===== === References === Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2019), “bisnaga”, in Dictionnaire des emprunts ibéro-romans. Emprunts à l’arabe et aux langues du Monde Islamique (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 252, still referring but to reconstructed Andalusi Arabic “*bis(s)ináqa”, oblivious of the attested forms Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 143, 145, 146 === Further reading === “biznaga”, 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