escaláira

Andalusian Arabic

Etymology

Presumably borrowed from Mozarabic (judging by the /aj/), from Late Latin scālāria, derived from Latin scālae (“stairs”).

Noun

escaláira f

1. staircase, steps, stairs
   • 1505, Pedro de Alcalá, Vocabulista arauigo en letra castellana, page 122v:

     Eſcala aſſi. Eſcalǎira:

     Stair [is said] like this: escaláira.

References

• Simonet, Francisco Javier (1888) Glosario de voces ibéricas y latinas usadas entre los mozárabes (in Spanish), Madrid: Establecimiento tipográfico de Fortanet, page LXXXV