arjorán

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَرْجُوَان (ʔarjuwān), from Aramaic אַרְגְּוָונָא / ܐܰܪܓܽܘܳܢܳܐ (ʾargəwānā), from Akkadian 𒅈𒂵𒌋𒌋𒉡 (argamannu).

Noun

arjorán m (plural arjoranes)

1. Judas tree (Cercis siliquastrum)

   Synonyms: algarrobos locos, ciclamor, árbol del amor, árbol de Judas

Further reading

• “arjorán”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28