Talk:Spanish Words of Arabic origin

Guzman: I have got rid of the CH and incorporated it into the C. Maybe you are working with an old RAE dictionary but the CH has been eliminated a few years ago. Also added some words on the D.

Ok Thanks.

This list is an open list, there may be words missing in the letters I have already finished with. There are also many words which are of debated origin and many words with arab etymologies ,which are not mentioned in the RAE. An example of this may be "zorra": Zorra means fox but also prostitute. The "léxico de Julio Casares" of 1966 associates this term to "Surriya" (concubine) in Arabic. A case, of one word with 2 meanings and 2 etymologies: The mammal from portuguese and the prostitute from arabic. This seems to be quite common in Spanish.--Guzman ramirez 12:44, 23 April 2006 (UTC)