Mozarab

English

Etymology

From Spanish mozárabe, from Arabic مُسْتَعْرِب (mustaʕrib).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /məʊˈzæɹəb/
• (US) IPA^(key): /moʊˈzæɹəb/
  • (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /moʊˈzɛɹəb/

Noun

Mozarab (plural Mozarabs)

1. 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

• Mozarabic
• Arab

Translations

Arabic-speaking Iberian Christian

• Catalan: mossàrab (ca)
• Italian: mozarabo m
• Portuguese: moçárabe (pt)
• Russian: мозараб (mozarab)
• Spanish: mozárabe (es)

See also

• muwallad