"ζαφορά" meaning in Greek

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Noun

Etymology: From Arabic زَعْفَرَان (zaʕfarān). Etymology templates: {{uder|el|ar|زَعْفَرَان}} Arabic زَعْفَرَان (zaʕfarān) Head templates: {{head|el|nouns|||plural|ζαφορές|||||||||||||||||||||||cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr2=|ts=}} ζαφορά • (zaforá) f (plural ζαφορές), {{el-noun|f|ζαφορές}} ζαφορά • (zaforá) f (plural ζαφορές) Inflection templates: {{el-decl-noun|ζαφορά|ζαφορές|ζαφοράς|ζαφορών|ζαφορά|ζαφορές|ζαφορά|ζαφορές|note=the plural forms are rare}} Forms: zaforá [romanization], ζαφορές [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], ζαφορά [nominative, singular], ζαφορές [nominative, plural], ζαφοράς [genitive, singular], ζαφορών [genitive, plural], ζαφορά [accusative, singular], ζαφορές [accusative, plural], ζαφορά [singular, vocative], ζαφορές [plural, vocative], σαφορά [alternative, rare]
  1. (botany) crocus
    Sense id: en-ζαφορά-el-noun-bbLfw8N2 Categories (other): Botany, Greek entries with incorrect language header, Greek nouns declining like 'καρδιά', Greek undefined derivations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Flowers, Iris family plants, Spices and herbs Disambiguation of Greek entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of Greek nouns declining like 'καρδιά': 56 44 Disambiguation of Greek undefined derivations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 84 16 Disambiguation of Flowers: 81 19 Disambiguation of Iris family plants: 78 22 Disambiguation of Spices and herbs: 66 34 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  2. (cooking) saffron (herb)
    Sense id: en-ζαφορά-el-noun-72uNPMyJ Categories (other): Cooking Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: κρόκος (krókos) [masculine]

Inflected forms

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