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Where does “alxaba” come from?

alxaba (Galician) comes from Portuguese aljava, from Arabic جَعْبَة.

alxaba (Galician): quiver

Definitions

  1. quiver

Ancestry of “alxaba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesealjavaquiver
2Arabicجَعْبَة—
Every word from Arabic جَعْبَة →