English Words from Arabic
Mozarab
المُسْتَعْرِب
mustaʿrib
The name of the Christians of al-Andalus who lived under Muslim rule, spoke and wrote Arabic and kept their faith. Arabic called them al-mustaʿribūn; Spanish made it mozárabe, and English Mozarab. In 854 Paulus Alvarus of Cordoba complained that the young men of his people read Arabic with delight and could no longer write a letter in Latin.
- Meaning in Arabic
- one who has taken on Arab ways and speech
The path between languagesmustaʿrib → mozárabe → Mozarab
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Sources
- Merriam-Webster: Mozarab, from Spanish mozárabe, from Arabic mustaʿrib
- Encyclopaedia Britannica: Mozarab
- هنري بيريس، «اللغة العربيّة وسكّان الأندلس في القرون الوسطى»، وفيها نصّ ألبارو
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