azabache

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) jet (a form of compact, glistening coal, often used in jewelry)
2. (masculine) jet (the color of jet coal)

Adj

of a jet color (of a very dark color)

Concepts

jet

amber

gagate

Synonyms

ámbar

cárabe

pardillo

resina

de mal humor

gagate

Translations

jais

azeviche

giaietto

atzabeja

gagate

gagates

koolzwart

Pechkohle

Gagatkohle

kechribári

ημιπολύτιμη πέτρα

ílektro

ambre

gagat

Hyphenated as

a‧za‧ba‧che

Pronounced as (IPA)

/aθaˈbat͡ʃe/

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kʷséps
Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšáps
Proto-Iranian *xšáfš
Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎱 (x-š-p /⁠xšapa⁠/)
Middle Persian šp (/⁠šab⁠/)
Middle Persian špk' (/⁠šabag⁠/)bor.
Arabic سَبَج (sabaj)
Andalusian Arabic سبج (sabáj)bor.
Spanish azabache
Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic سبج (sabáj), from Arabic سَبَج (sabaj), borrowed from Middle Persian špk' (/⁠šabag⁠/), from šp (/⁠šab⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎱 (x-š-p /⁠xšapa⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *xšáfš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšáps, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷséps.