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muladí

Muwallad — an Iberian Christian who converted to Islam in al-Andaluscristiano hispano convertido al islam en al-Andalus

Comes from Arabic

مُوَلَّد

muwallad

“born among Arabs without being Arab by descent”«nacido entre árabes sin serlo de origen»

In Andalusi Arabic: مُوَلَّدِيّ muwalladī

Arabic today says

مُوَلَّد

muwallad

And it still does

Root

و ل د

w-l-d

The article

It came in without the article.

The story

From walada, "to be born". In Arabic muwallad is also said of a new word, one coined after the classical period.De walada, «nacer». En árabe muwallad se dice también de una palabra nueva, posterior a la época clásica.

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