fanega
an old dry measure for grain of about 55 litres; also a measure of landmedida de capacidad para granos, de unos 55 litros; también medida de tierra
Comes from Arabic
فَنِيقَة
fanīqa
“large sack”«saco grande»
Arabic today says
مِكْيَال
mikyāl
Root
ف ن ق
f-n-q
The article
It came in without the article.
The story
From the sack the grain was carried in, the word passed to the measure of grain. The Arabic q was voiced to g between vowels.Del saco en que se llevaba el grano se pasó a la medida del grano. La q árabe se sonorizó en g entre vocales.
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