Etymology

aljamiado

al·ja·mi·a·do
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Today it means: Text of non-Semitic languages, especially European languages, written in Arabic letters. Full definition →

Spanish aljamiado ← Arabic عَجَمِيَّة
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  1. Arabic · derived fromعَجَمِيَّة
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromaljamiado
  3. English todayaljamiado

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”).

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