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mudéjar

Mudéjar — a Muslim who stayed on in Christian territory after the conquest; an art style blending both traditionsmusulmán que seguía viviendo en territorio cristiano tras la conquista; estilo artístico que mezcla ambas tradiciones

Comes from Arabic

مُدَجَّن

mudajjan

“domesticated; one allowed to stay”«domesticado; al que se permite quedarse»

Arabic today says

مُدَجَّن

mudajjan

And it still does

Root

د ج ن

d-j-n

The article

It came in without the article.

The story

The not very flattering word comes from dajana, "to stay at home", like domestic animals (dawājin). Mudéjar art works brick, plaster and wood in the Andalusi manner.La palabra, poco halagadora, viene de dajana, «quedarse en casa», como los animales domésticos (dawājin). El arte mudéjar trabaja ladrillo, yeso y madera a la manera andalusí.

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