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tabique

thin interior wall dividing rooms; partition wallpared delgada que separa habitaciones

Comes from Arabic

تَشْبِيك

tashbīk

“latticework, framework”«enrejado, entramado»

Arabic today says

جِدَار فَاصِل

jidār fāṣil

Root

ش ب ك

sh-b-k

The article

It came in without the article.

The story

Old partition walls were wooden frameworks filled with plaster, hence tashbīk "latticework". The Arabic sh was lost before the b.Los tabiques antiguos eran entramados de madera rellenos de yeso, de ahí tashbīk «enrejado». La sh árabe se perdió ante la b.

In a sentence

Tiraron el tabique para unir el salón y la cocina.

They knocked down the partition wall to join the living room and the kitchen.

هَدَمُوا الجِدَارَ الفَاصِلَ لِيَصِلُوا الصَّالَةَ بِالمَطْبَخ.