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tarima

low wooden platform raised slightly off the floor; wooden floorboardsplataforma de madera algo elevada del suelo; suelo de tablas

Comes from Arabic

طَارِمَة

ṭārima

“wooden pavilion or room”«pabellón o cuarto de madera»

Arabic today says

مِنَصَّة

minaṣṣa

The article

It came in without the article.

Arabic itself had taken it from Persian.

The story

Arabic ṭārima, "wooden room", comes from Middle Persian; in al-Andalus it meant a wooden dais, hence the tarima (teacher's platform) of the classroom.El árabe ṭārima, «cuarto de madera», viene del persa medio; en al-Andalus designó un estrado de madera, de donde la tarima del aula.

In a sentence

La profesora subió a la tarima.

The teacher stepped up onto the platform.

صَعِدَتِ المُعَلِّمَةُ إِلَى المِنَصَّة.