azora

See also: azorá

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈθoɾa/ [aˈθo.ɾa] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /aˈsoɾa/ [aˈso.ɾa] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -oɾa
• Syllabification: a‧zo‧ra

Etymology 1

From Arabic سُورَة (sūra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).

Noun

azora f (plural azoras)

1. sura, any of the 114 chapters of the Quran.

   Synonym: sura

   • 1945, Jorge Luis Borges, La busca de Averroes:

     Esas palabras pertenecen a una de las primeras azoras

     Those words belong to one of the first suras of the Qur’an

Etymology 2

Verb

azora

1. inflection of azorar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative