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talismán

talisman — an object believed to have magic powersobjeto al que se atribuyen poderes mágicos

Comes from Arabic

طِلَسْم

ṭilasm

“talisman, magic figure”«talismán, figura mágica»

Arabic today says

طِلَسْم

ṭilasm

And it still does

The article

It came in without the article.

Arabic itself had taken it from Greek.

The story

From Greek télesma, "rite, consecration". It reached Spanish through French talisman; the ending -án is put down to Persian or Turkish forms of the word. In Arabic طلاسم is also said of an incomprehensible text.Del griego télesma, «rito, consagración». Al español llegó por el francés talisman; la terminación -án se atribuye a formas persas o turcas de la palabra. En árabe طلاسم también se dice de un texto incomprensible.

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