aljamia
noun
al·ja·mia
variants or aljamiah
ˌälhäˈmēə
plural -s
1
: Spanish written in Hebrew or especially Arabic characters
2
: the Arabic alphabet as adapted for writing Spanish
Word History
Etymology
Spanish aljamía, from Arabic al-ʽajamīyah the non-Arab, barbarian
First Known Use
1822, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- heterokontaes
- heterokontophytae
- heterokontophytas
- heterolecithal
- Heterolocha
- heterologic
- heterological
- heterologically
- heterologies
- heterologous
- heterologous graft
- heterologous series
- heterologous stimulus
- heterologously
- heterolyses
- heterolysis
- heterolytic
- heteromallous
- heteromastigate
- heteromastigote
- Heteromeles
- heteromeleses
- heteromelesses
- heteromerous
- heteromesotroph