alforja

al·for·ja

 (ăl-fôr′hä, äl-)

n. Western US

A saddlebag.

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[Spanish, from Old Spanish, from Arabic al-ḫurj : al-, the + ḫurj, saddlebag; akin to Armenian xorg, sackcloth, and Syriac kurgā and Persian khurjīn, saddlebag, all ultimately from Middle Iranian *xwarg-.]

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alforja

(ælˈfɔːdʒə)

n

a saddlebag made of leather or canvas

[C17: from Spanish, from Arabic al-khurj the saddlebag]

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al•for•ja

(ælˈfɔr hɑ)

n., pl. -jas. Southwestern U.S.

a saddlebag, esp. a leather one.

[1605–15; < Sp < Arabic al-khurj the pair of saddlebags]

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