zanahoria

Meaning

carrot (root vegetable, usually orange)

Concepts

carrot

🥕

carrots

Queen Anne’s lace

Arracacia xanthorrhiza

arracacha

arracacia esculenta

arracha

peruvian carrot

peruvian parsnip

Synonyms

virraca

arracacha

Arracacia xanthorrhiza

arracacia esculenta

arracha

lakachu

mandoquina

cierta planta tubércula

racacha

apio

zanoria

tonto

Translations

carotte

🥕

Möhre

🥕

Karotte

🥕

wortel

carota

🥕

Mohrrübe

🥕

peen

🥕

havuç

🥕

gêzer

🥕

Hyphenated as

za‧na‧ho‧ria

Pronounced as (IPA)

/θanaˈoɾja/

Etymology

Cognate with Catalan: safanòria

Cognate with Galician: cenoria

Cognate with Portuguese: cenoura

In summary

Metathesis of Old Spanish çahanoria, from Andalusian Arabic *سَفُنَّارْيَة (*safunnārya), from Arabic إِسْفَنَارِيَّة (ʔisfanāriyya) (compare Libyan Arabic سفنّاريّة (sfənnāriyya) and Maltese zunnarija), from Ancient Greek σταφυλίνη ἀγρία (staphulínē agría, “wild carrot”).
Cognate to Asturian zanahoria, Catalan safanòria, Galician cenoria, Portuguese cenoura, Mirandese cenoura, Basque azenario and Aragonese zafanoria