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alfarero

potterpersona que fabrica vasijas de barro

Comes from Arabic

الفَخَّار

al-fakhkhār

“fired clay, pottery”«el barro cocido, la alfarería»

Arabic today says

خَزَّاف

khazzāf

Root

ف خ ر

f-kh-r

The article

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

The story

From alfar, "pottery workshop", taken from al-fakhkhār, plus the Spanish trade suffix -ero, as in zapatero (shoemaker).De alfar, «taller de barro», tomado de al-fakhkhār, más el sufijo castellano -ero de oficio, como en zapatero.

In a sentence

El alfarero modela el barro en el torno.

The potter shapes the clay on the wheel.

يُشَكِّلُ الخَزَّافُ الطِّينَ عَلَى الدُّولَاب.

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