Arabic is, after Latin, the language most lexicon has contributed to the Spanish language. This vocabulary comes into Castilian and the other Romance languages of the Iberian Peninsula as a result of the contact situation which occurs from 711, with the Arab conquest until the early seventeenth century.
At present, our language has about four thousand words of Arabic origin. The interesting thing is that these words correspond to four thousand objects or concepts that brought Arabs and who were adopted at the time. All are also examples of the great influence of an entire culture.
The Andalusian flag contains the same green color of the Umayyad and white, Almohad Empire itself, as they were were two of the most splendid periods of political power in the territory of present-day Andalusia.
"A green flag
which has made a belt white aurora,
displayed on a wing of delight you.
She'll grant you happiness to ensure a triumphant spirit "
Abû Asbag IbnalArqâm
Proud to be who we thank those who came to our land and brought their way of feeling life, creating a wonderful fusion born a particular way of being and a vast and rich cultural heritage. The Arab world is recreated in al-Andalus, sit on narrow streets, in the buildings of singular beauty, in cinnamon and jasmine, the sound of water in their gardens, in the music, in the colors of their country villas and palaces ... and especially in the word, the magic word, the best vehicle for understanding peoples.
God bless you.
Spanish words of Arabic origin:
1.Alcázar القصر -al qasr . Castle or fortified palace. (Caliphate period or Taifas)
REALES ALCÁZARES DE SEVILLA
The enclosure has been routinely used as accommodation for members of the Spanish Royal Family and visiting heads of state in the city, being the royal palace in Europe's oldest active. Declared a World Heritage Site, next to the Cathedral of Seville and the Archivo de Indias in 1987.
The origin of the Alcazar of Seville took place during the early Middle Ages, when the town was renamed Ixbilia. And more specifically at the beginning of the tenth century, in the time of the Caliph of Cordoba Abderrahman III ordered an-Nasir, in 913, the rise of a new exhibition of government, the Dar al-Imara.
They are a group of palaces surrounded by a wall. Its construction began in the early Middle Ages. In its implementation have been used throughout history different styles, from the Islamic its first inhabitants, the Moorish and Gothic aftermath. Successive reforms have added Renaissance and Baroque elements.
At the palace of Umayyad rule adds the New Palace of the abbadíes, this palace of al-Mubarak was the Blessed and center official and literary life of the city, with poets such as al-Mutamid sovereign, who laid the foundations other human activities, and legends that are now part of the history of Seville.
Then shut the Almoravids government space extending to the Guadalquivir. The Almohads, in the twelfth century, would complete the works of Arab time with other buildings of which there are still remnants that constitute a unique example in the world.
2.Ojalá! لو شاء الله law sha'a Allah . "If God wanted". Ojalá is an interjection and is used to express the hope that something happens that we want or expect.Very commun and coloquial in ordinary life.
3.Aceite az-zait- or -zait. "Olive juice." The olive oil is par excellence, which the Corán mentions: "Lit from a blessed tree, an olive tree, which is not the East or the West, whose oil almost shines even without being touched by fire". Andalusia is the main producing area of the world's olive oil. As concerning the lands of Jaén and Córdoba.
4.Berengena باذنجان bādhinyān "Eggplant". Ingredient of many dishes in the Andalusian gastronomy, also popular in areas of Cordoba and Malaga which are eaten as snack chips with honey.
5.Jazmín.(Jazmine) yas <a> min. Yasamin classical Arabic. And the pelvi Yasaman "gift from God". It is the main flower of Andalusian patios. In Málaga is very typical put jasmine in a biznaga (Arabic bixnaga) and form them into a ball. Sold on the streets even in summer, are great at night to ward off mosquitoes and perfume households.
6.Café قهوة qahwa. (Coffe). In the fourteenth century, the Arabs take the plant to Yemen and there are the first and only plantations. Its use quickly spread Islamic culture regions. In Spain introduced coffee is the hand of the Bourbons and Italian merchants, about the middle of the eighteenth century.
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