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Certain: The standard etymology in the RAE dictionary and in Corriente; no serious doubt.Clothes & colour · Specialized

zaragüelles

wide pleated breeches (regional costume)calzones anchos y plegados (traje regional)

Comes from Arabic

سَرَاوِيل

sarāwīl

“trousers, breeches”«pantalones, calzones»

In Andalusi Arabic: سَرَاوِل sarāwil

Arabic today says

سِرْوَال

sirwāl

The article

It came in without the article.

Arabic itself had taken it from Persian.

The story

From Persian shalwār. It is the typical garment of the Murcian and Valencian farmlands. In Arabic سروال (plural سراويل) today simply means "trousers".Del persa shalwār. Es la prenda típica de la huerta murciana y valenciana. En árabe سروال (plural سراويل) es hoy simplemente «pantalón».

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