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Mozarab
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English
Etymology
From en es mozárabe, from en ar مُسْتَعْرِب.
en ar ع ر ب
Pronunciation
en /məʊˈzæɹəb/ UK
en /moʊˈzæɹəb/ US
en /moʊˈzɛɹəb/ Mary-marry-merry
Noun
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.
Related terms
en Mozarabic Arab
Translations
Arabic-speaking Iberian Christian
Catalan: ca mossàrab
Italian: it mozarabo m
Portuguese: pt moçárabe
Russian: ru мозараб
Spanish: es mozárabe
See also
en muwallad