Meanings
nounalforja (plural alforjas)
plural alforjas
- A saddlebag.
This proximity to vast, unattainable wealth, tempting and frustrating at the same time, is also evident in the story of the lost alforja, one of the most commonly related anecdotes about Cubillo.
2004, Steven Paul Palmer, Steven Palmer, Iván Molina, Iván Molina Jiménez, The Costa Rica Reader: History, Culture, Politics, Duke University Press, →ISBN, page 254 - A cheek pouch.
Origin
- Arabicخُرْج“saddlebag”
- Andalusian Arabicخُرْج
- Spanishalforja
- Englishalforja
From Spanish alforja, from Andalusian Arabic خُرْج, from Arabic خُرْج (ḵurj, “saddlebag”).
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