ubriquǐn

Andalusian Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ribadoquín, from Middle French ribaudequin, from Middle Dutch ribaudekijn, diminutive of ribaude (a type of artillery), from Old French ribaude (“whore”), feminine of ribaud (“scoundrel”).

Noun

ubriquǐn (plural ubriquǐt)

1. a kind of small-caliber hand culverin
   • 1505, Pedro de Alcalá, Vocabulista arauigo en letra castellana, page 200v:

     Paſſabolante. Vbriquǐn. vbriquǐt.

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References

• Corriente, F. (1997) A Dictionary of Andalusi Arabic, Leiden, New York, Köln: Brill, page 3