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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)
- a kind of small-caliber hand culverin
1505, Pedro de Alcalá, Vocabulista arauigo en letra castellana, page 200v:
References
- Corriente, F. (1997) A Dictionary of Andalusi Arabic, Leiden, New York, Köln: Brill, page 3