taifa
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English
Etymology
From Spanish taifa, from Arabic طَائِفَة (ṭāʔifa, “sect, faction”).
Pronunciation
Noun
taifa (plural taifas)
- (historical) A Muslim principality on the Iberian Peninsula during the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries.
Translations
Spanish
Etymology
From Arabic طَائِفَة (ṭāʔifa, “sect, faction”).
Pronunciation
Noun
taifa f (plural taifas)
Further reading
- “taifa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
Swahili
Etymology
From Arabic طَائِفَة (ṭāʔifa, “sect, division”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
taifa class V (plural mataifa class VI)
- nation (group of people sharing aspects of language, culture and/or ethnicity)
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- ^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 195 Nr. 1738