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jinete

rider, horsemanpersona que monta a caballo

Comes from Arabic

زَنَاتِيّ

zanātī

“of the Berber tribe of Zanāta”«de la tribu bereber de los Zanāta»

Arabic today says

فَارِس

fāris

The article

It came in without the article.

Arabic itself had taken it from Berber.

The story

The Zenetes, horsemen of the Berber Zanāta tribe, fought with short stirrups in the service of al-Andalus; their name passed to anyone who rides a horse.Los zenetes, jinetes de la tribu bereber Zanāta, combatían con estribo corto al servicio de al-Andalus; su nombre pasó a todo el que monta a caballo.

In a sentence

El jinete saltó la valla.

The rider jumped the fence.

قَفَزَ الفَارِسُ فَوْقَ الحَاجِز.

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