adiafa

Spanish

FWOTD – 19 March 2017

Etymology

From Arabic الضِّيَافَة (aḍ-ḍiyāfa, “hospitality”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈdjafa/ [aˈð̞ja.fa]
• Rhymes: -afa
• Syllabification: a‧dia‧fa

Noun

adiafa f (uncountable)

1. a gift or refreshment given to sailors upon their return to port from a voyage
   • 1971, Rafael Cansinos-Asséns, Libro de las mil y una noches, volume 2, page 582:

     Asentáronse en la ciudad por espacio de cuarenta días, gozando de una adiafa generosa y magnífica.

     They settled in the city for the period of thirty days, enjoying a generous and magnificent adiafa.

Further reading

• “adiafa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16