alquequenje

Borrowed from French alkékenge, which in turn was borrowed from the Spanish word.

alquequenje m (plural alquequenjes)

1. bladder cherry; alkekengi (Physalis alkekengi, a plant of southern Europe)

From Andalusian Arabic الكَاكَنْج‎, from Arabic كَاكَنْج‎ (kākanj, “bladder cherry”), from Persian کاکنج‎, کاکانج‎, کاکناگ‎, resin from a tree in the mountains of Herat.

• IPA^(key): /alkeˈkenxe/, [alkeˈkẽŋxe]

alquequenje m (plural alquequenjes)

1. bladder cherry (Physalis alkekengi)

• vejiga de perro
• halicácabo
• farol chino

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