benjuí

See also: benjui

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy, “Javanese frankincense”). First attested in 1430.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bəɲ.ʒuˈi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [beɲ.d͡ʒuˈi]

Noun

benjuí m (plural benjuís)

1. benzoin (aromatic balsam, a medicinal plant)

Further reading

• “benjuí” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “benjuí” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “benjuí” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy, “Javanese frankincense”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /benˈxwi/ [bẽŋˈxwi]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: ben‧juí

Noun

benjuí m (plural benjuís or benjuíes)

1. benzoin (aromatic balsam, a medicinal plant)

Further reading

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