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ataifor

deep ceramic dish; low round table (historical)plato hondo de cerámica; mesa redonda baja (uso histórico)

Comes from Arabic

الطَّيْفُور

aṭ-ṭayfūr

“the large tray or serving dish”«la bandeja o fuente grande»

Arabic today says

صَحْن

ṣaḥn

The article

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

The story

A word of archaeologists and museums: ataifores are the large glazed ceramic serving dishes of al-Andalus.Palabra de arqueólogos y museos: los ataifores son las grandes fuentes de cerámica vidriada de al-Andalus.

In a sentence

El museo expone un ataifor del siglo X.

The museum displays a 10th-century ataifor.

يَعْرِضُ المَتْحَفُ طَبَقًا خَزَفِيًّا مِنَ القَرْنِ العَاشِر.

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