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aljamiado

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Text of non-Semitic languages, especially European languages, written in Arabic letters.

Word forms

aljamiado Aljamia

Etymology

From Spanish aljamiado (composed of aljamía + -ado), from Arabic عَجَمِيَّة (ʕajamiyya) or اَلْعَجَمِيَّة (al-ʕajamiyya), from عَجَم (ʕajam, “non-Arabs, esp. Persians”) + ـِي (-ī, “relative adjective (nisba) suffix”) + ـَة (-a, “feminine marker, also used to mark language names or to generally form nouns from the adjectives”).

Related words

Arebica
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