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ajuar

household furnishings, linens and goods; a bride's trousseaumuebles, ropa y enseres de una casa; lo que aporta la novia al casarse

Comes from Arabic

الشَّوَار

ash-shawār

“the outfit, the bride's belongings”«el equipo, los enseres de la novia»

In Andalusi Arabic: الشُّوَار ash-shuwār

Arabic today says

جِهَاز العَرُوس

jihāz al-ʿarūs

Root

ش و ر

sh-w-r

The article

Spanish kept the Arabic article al- glued to the word.

The story

Arabic sh was written x in Old Spanish (axuar) and later developed into today's j, as in jeque or jarabe.La sh árabe se escribía x en castellano antiguo (axuar) y luego evolucionó a la j actual, como en jeque o jarabe.

In a sentence

Su abuela le regaló sábanas bordadas para el ajuar.

Her grandmother gave her embroidered sheets for her trousseau.

أَهْدَتْهَا جَدَّتُهَا شَرَاشِفَ مُطَرَّزَةً لِجِهَازِ العُرْس.

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