zanja

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish zanja. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈzɑn.hə/ === Noun === zanja (plural zanjas) An irrigation canal in Latin America. ==== Related terms ==== zanjero == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈθanxa/ [ˈθãŋ.xa] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /ˈsanxa/ [ˈsãŋ.xa] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -anxa Syllabification: zan‧ja === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Basque zanga, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sengh- (possibly borrowed via Proto-Celtic [Term?]). ==== Noun ==== zanja f (plural zanjas) ditch; trench Synonyms: trinchera, cuneta ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== zanja inflection of zanjar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === References === Sobre la etimología del vasco zanga y del español zanja, Fernando Fernández Palacios, in Fontes linguae vasconum: Studia et documenta, Navarra:Institución Príncipe de Viana, 1969. Accessible at Fundación Dialnet === Further reading === “zanja”, 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