bezaar

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish bezahar, from Arabic بَازَهْر (bāzahr). Superseded by bezoar, from French.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beθaˈaɾ/ [be.θaˈaɾ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /besaˈaɾ/ [be.saˈaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: be‧za‧ar

Noun

bezaar m (plural bezaares)

1. (rare, obsolete) bezoar

   Synonym: bezoar

Further reading

• “bezaar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024