bezahar

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Old Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic بَازَهْر (bāzahr).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bezahar m (plural bezahares)

  1. bezoar
    • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 24r:
      Es ſu color amariella ⁊ por eſſol dizen el bezahar amariello.
      Its color is yellow, which is why they call it the yellow bezoar.
    • Idem, f. 31r.
      […] eſta no mueſtra ninguna uertud cõtral danno de los toſſicos; aſſi como el bezahar lo faze.
      […] this one does not exhibit virtues against the damage of poisons, unlike the bezoar, which does.

Descendants

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  • Spanish: bezaar