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May 19, 2024
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MisterFundamentals
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I’m reading a book on the history of Valencia
Lots of cool stuff about Arabic influence on the history and culture. There’s a Water Court that has met every Thursday for the last thousand years to manage water rights. It has its roots in Arab rule of the region
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TIL that the very common word in Spanish "Ojalá" (I hope, I wish) derives from the Arabic "Inshallah" (God-willing).
RSL
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May 19, 9:16pm
Same for the word camisa (shirt) which in Arabic is camis.
Veracruz
May 19, 9:24pm
And azucar (sugar, al-sukkar), almohada (pillow, al-mukhadda)
RSL
May 19, 9:26pm
Huge amounts of loan words and linguistic constructions
mobicurious
May 20, 4:52am
I’m reading a book on the history of Valencia
MisterFundamentals
May 19, 9:25pm
Beautiful city to visit, btw. I highly recommend.
RSL
May 19, 9:26pm
*Moops
RH84025
May 19, 9:29pm
I was always told it derived from “oja a Allah” meaning “I look to God”
AggieWeekendCougar
May 19, 9:38pm
Sounds like someone tried to make sense of it as a spanish word, not as an arabic word
Greg Kite's 'stache
May 19, 9:47pm
Colombia, but from some people in the small Lebanese community that had
AggieWeekendCougar
May 19, 11:57pm
folk etymology
Genghis Spreads
May 20, 11:10am
That's what they'd tell me at the door in Albania as they closed it on me 😉
Four-toed Creed
May 19, 9:46pm
Speaking of Moorish influence, I heard that the outside walls of Al Hambra are dull and boring but the inside was ornate
Division Bell
May 19, 9:57pm
And yet they have a "si Dios quiere"
ochobeeguy
May 19, 10:51pm
It's pronounced O-sha-la in Portuguese, even closer to Inshallah.
Genghis Spreads
May 20, 7:07am
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