Mozarab
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Spanish mozárabe, from Arabic مُسْتَعْرِب (mustaʕrib).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /məʊˈzæɹəb/
- (US) IPA(key): /moʊˈzæɹəb/
- (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /moʊˈzɛɹəb/
Noun[edit]
Mozarab (plural Mozarabs)
- An Iberian Christian living under Arab domination.
- 2011, Yasmine Beale-Rivaya, American Speech, vol. 86, no. 4, Maintaining a Language of Culture: Outcomes of Medieval Iberian Shift as a Predictor for Spanish in the American Southwest, p. 417
- The Mozarabs were bilingual in Romance and Arabic and lived along the border area (north of the border to be precise) between Christian Iberia and Al-Andalus. This particular community sought to remain bilingual because it derived its identity from being both Arab-like and Christian.
- 2011, Yasmine Beale-Rivaya, American Speech, vol. 86, no. 4, Maintaining a Language of Culture: Outcomes of Medieval Iberian Shift as a Predictor for Spanish in the American Southwest, p. 417
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Translations[edit]
Arabic-speaking Iberian Christian