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alquería

isolated farmhouse with its land; farmsteadcasa de labranza aislada con sus tierras; caserío

Comes from Arabic

القَرْيَة

al-qarya

“the village”«la aldea, el pueblo»

In Andalusi Arabic: القَرِيَّة al-qariyya

Arabic today says

مَزْرَعَة

mazraʿa

Root

ق ر ي

q-r-y

The article

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

The story

The Andalusi form al-qaríyya, stressed on the i, explains the ending -ería. Today it is typical of the farmland around Valencia.La forma andalusí al-qaríyya, con el acento en la i, explica el final -ería. Hoy es típica de la huerta valenciana.

In a sentence

Compraron una alquería en la huerta de Valencia.

They bought a farmhouse in the market gardens of Valencia.

اِشْتَرَوْا مَزْرَعَةً فِي بَسَاتِينِ بَلَنْسِيَة.

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