Talk:List of Spanish words of Arabic origin

message: *These words are grouped by the source language, even though many of
them entered Spanish from an intermediary (example: albergue is
ultimately from Germanic, but entered Spanish by way of [[Provençal
language|Old Provencal]]).  Names of ancient tribes, names of
languages, and words denoting a person's ethnic group or
nationality are included.  Words not included, among others, are
personal names, place names, names of mountains, rivers,
cities, etc. as the list would become too expansive and there
are other lists which can cover these lexical items.  Many of these
words have related forms (estampar and estampada) which are not
included here unless, for various reasons, their relationship to each
other is not obvious.  Many of these words also contain Latinate
affixes (example: in "alcantarilla," -illa is a [[dimunutive
suffix]]) and components but have at least one component from another
language (example: béisbol).  Latin contained many words of [[Ancient
Greek]] by the the time the Romans became involved in
Iberia and those words are not included here except when 1. they were
introduced to Spanish through a language other than Latin (example:
albaricoque is from Ancient Greek but enter Spansih through Arabic) or
2. the word is attested in Greek, but is thought to stem from some
other language (example: celta).  Words which derived from attested
Latin words are only included when 1. The Latin word is known to
derive from another language except Ancient Greek (example: barca) 2.
The Latin word is thought to have dervied from another language
(example: batir).  The Greek and Latin words will be grouped under
"uncertain derivation."   Some of the words grouped under "uncertain
derivation" are documented, but are examples of
onomatopoeic creations which can't be definitively
attributed to a particular region or timeframe.--Hraefen 15:38, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Inclusion criteria etc.

message: *There are often competing theories for word origins.  If you know of
a competing theory, feel free to add information about this alternate
theory after the word and add your reference to the list of
references, but do not remove this word from this list because it is
sourced.  Rather, follow the procedure stated above, and then add the
word to "List of Spanish words of X origin." (along with
reference)--Hraefen 15:38, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Other theories

message: *Definitions are currently not given, but they will be. Some of these
words may need to be subdivided into languages within a language
family.  I will be doing both of these tasks as soon as I can get to
it.--Hraefen 15:38, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Defintions, subdivision, etc.

message: I have just found this page, I was trying to create another page of similar content. Doing so is very hard, it is nearly impossible to find all words of arabic origin and have never found a complete list anywhere. What is the aim of this article? Is it supposed to include all Spanish words of arabic origin or just an example of some? In any case, the list, in its present state offers only a fraction.--Guzman ramirez 09:32, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The aim of the list is to have as many directly adquired arabic words in the Spanish as possible, provided they made its way to Spanish directly (not through another language). Mariano(t/c) 10:26, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Arabic words

message: Hello everyone!
I think all entries should adhere to a standard written format to make list overlookable and easy to navigate (see List of Arab scientists and scholars). 
I suggest a format like this:
  *álgebra - Algebra; from al-jabr( الجبر), meaning reunion.
*Notice the kursive form of al-jabir and reunion.
I changed all entries in this article to this format. Tell me what you think. jidan 16:06, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Standard written format for all entries