Arabic definite article
In Spanish this position was known as "" or , which can be translated literally as "chief rabbi" or "court rabbi", respectively, and which is referred to in some English sources as "crown rabbi" and in others as "court rabbi". In Sicily (part of Aragon) the position was known locally as the "dayyan kalali" and in Portuguese as "arrabi-mor". The derivation of arrabi mor is through a very unusual, three-language merger of parts in Judaeo-Portuguese, from Hebrew "rabi" (noun, "rabbi") preceded by Arabic definite article "ar" ("the", from "al" + initial "r-" consonant), and Portuguese "mor" ("adj.", "chief", in normal postposition).