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aljamiado

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
al-jami-a-do
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Uncountable

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”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ع ج م, aljamiado, عَجَمِيَّة

Usage

Inflected Forms

Aljamia (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

Arebica

Questions

What does aljamiado mean?
Text of non-Semitic languages, especially European languages, written in Arabic letters.
Where does aljamiado come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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