aljama

English

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic جَمْع (jamʕ, “to gather”).

Noun

aljama (plural aljamas)

1. (historical) A self-governing community of Jews and Moors living under Christian rule in the Iberian Peninsula.
   • 1906, Henry Charles Lea, A History of the Inquisition of Spain, volume 1, New York: MacMillan, page 86:

     [T]he Church received from them the customary tithes, oblations, and first-fruits. The revenues from the Jewish aljamas, or communities, were always regarded as among the surest resources of the crown.

Further reading

• aljama on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Spanish

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic الجمع (al-jámaʕ), from Arabic جَمْع (jamʕ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈxama/ [alˈxa.ma]
• Rhymes: -ama
• Syllabification: al‧ja‧ma

Noun

aljama f (plural aljamas)

1. (historical) aljama

Further reading

• “aljama”, 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
• aljama on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es