alfeñique
Spanish
Etymology
From Andalusian Arabic [script needed] (fa(y)níd), from Arabic الفَانِيد (al-fānīd), from Persian پانید (pānid, “sugar candy”), from Sanskrit फाणित (phāṇita, “condensed sugarcane juice”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alfeˈɲike/
Further reading
- “alfeñique” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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