alcaraván
stone-curlew (wading bird with large yellow eyes)ave zancuda de ojos grandes y amarillos
Comes from Arabic
الكَرَوَان
al-karawān
“the stone-curlew”«el alcaraván»
Arabic today says
كَرَوَان
karawān
And it still does
The article
Spanish kept the Arabic article al- glued to the word.
The story
Almost unchanged: al-karawān > alcaraván. In Egypt the karawān is a bird famous for its night song.Casi sin cambios: al-karawān > alcaraván. En Egipto el karawān es un ave famosa por su canto nocturno.
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