zanca

Alternative forms

• cianca (regional)

Etymology

From Latin zancha (a kind of shoe), from Persian ظانگا‎ (ẓāngā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡zan.ka/, [ˈd̪͡z̪äŋkä]
• Rhymes: -aŋka
• Stress: zànca
• Hyphenation: zan‧ca

Noun

zanca f (plural zanche) (obsolete, regional)

1. leg
2. (in the plural) stilts

Alternative forms

• zancha
• zanga

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈzan.ka/, [ˈzaŋ.ka]

Noun

zanca f (genitive zancae); first declension

1. Alternative spelling of zancha (“kind of soft Parthian shoe”)

References

• zanca in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /ˈθanka/, [ˈθãŋka]
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /ˈsanka/, [ˈsãŋka]

Noun

zanca m (plural zancas)

1. leg of a bird
2. (colloquial) long, thin leg of a human

Further reading

• “zanca” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.