azabache

From Andalusian Arabic السبج‎ (as-sabáj), from Arabic سَبَج‎ (sabaj, “jet, obsidian”), from Middle Persian špk' (/šabag/, “jet, obsidian”), from šp (/šab/, “night”), from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎱 (x-š-p).

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /aθaˈbat͡ʃe/ [a.θaˈβ̞a.t͡ʃe]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /asaˈbat͡ʃe/ [a.saˈβ̞a.t͡ʃe]

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• Rhymes: -atʃe
• Syllabification: a‧za‧ba‧che

azabache m (plural azabaches)

1. Jet; a form of compact, glistening coal often used in jewelry

azabache (plural azabaches)

1. Having a jet colour; of a deep black, and often glistening, colour

• “azabache”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014