morabito

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُرَابِط (murābiṭ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moɾaˈbito/ [mo.ɾaˈβ̞i.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: mo‧ra‧bi‧to

Noun

morabito m (plural morabitos)

1. (Islam) marabout

Related terms

• almorávide

 

Further reading

• “morabito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014