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Probable: The majority view, with some reservations.Expressions · Common

hazaña

feat, heroic deed, exploitacción ilustre y heroica

Comes from Arabic

حَسَنَة

ḥasana

“good deed”«buena obra»

Arabic today says

بُطُولَة

buṭūla

Root

ح س ن

ḥ-s-n

The article

It came in without the article.

The story

Old Spanish fazaña comes from ḥasana, "good deed", with the ḥ becoming f- and then h-. Corominas thinks the verb fazer (to do) influenced the form, which is why some have taken it for Latin.El antiguo fazaña viene de ḥasana, «buena obra», y la ḥ dio f- y luego h-. Corominas cree que el verbo fazer (hacer) influyó en la forma, y por eso algunos lo han creído latino.

In a sentence

Cruzar el océano a nado fue toda una hazaña.

Swimming across the ocean was quite a feat.

كَانَ عُبُورُ المُحِيطِ سِبَاحَةً بُطُولَةً حَقِيقِيَّة.

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