morabito

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُرَابِط (murābiṭ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /moɾaˈbito/ [mo.ɾaˈβ̞i.t̪o]
Rhymes: -ito
Syllabification: mo‧ra‧bi‧to

Noun

morabito m (plural morabitos)

(Islam) marabout

Related terms

almorávide

Further reading

“morabito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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