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Old Spanish
Etymology
An unassimilated borrowing from Andalusian Arabic الرخام (ar-ruḵḵām), from Arabic رُخَّام (ruḵḵām, “marble”).
Pronunciation
Noun
arroham m (usually uncountable)
- porphyry
c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 118v:Mas el arroham a p̃priedat que eſclarece los dientes quando lo muelen. ⁊ lo mezclan con eſpecias q̃ son falladas en el libro de fiſica.- But porphyry has the property of whitening teeth when it is ground and mixed with certain spices, as indicated in a medical book.