aljama
English edit
Etymology edit
From Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic جَمْع (jamʕ, “to gather”).
Noun edit
aljama (plural aljamas)
- (historical) A self-governing community of Jews and Moors living under Christian rule in the Iberian Peninsula.
- 1906, Henry Charles Lea, A History of the Inquisition of Spain, volume 1, New York: MacMillan, page 86:
- [T]he Church received from them the customary tithes, oblations, and first-fruits. The revenues from the Jewish aljamas, or communities, were always regarded as among the surest resources of the crown.
Further reading edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Andalusian Arabic الجمع (al-jámaʕ), from Arabic جَمْع (jamʕ).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aljama f (plural aljamas)
Further reading edit
- “aljama”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- aljama on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es