ואד אלחגארה

Mozarabic

Etymology

From Arabic وَادِي الْحِجَارَة‎ (wādī l-ḥijāra, literally “valley of stones”).

Proper noun

ואד אלחגארה (w'd 'lḥj'rh)

  1. Guadalajara (a city in Castile-La Mancha, Spain)
    • c. 1100, Judah Halevi, Kharja H3 :[1]
      כם ראיה דשול אשיד / אן ואד אלחגארה
      km r'yh dšwl 'šyd / 'n w'd 'lḥj'rh
      Like a sun ray comes out / in Guadalajara.

Notes

Corriente interprets ⟨w'd 'lḥj'rh⟩ as representing a Mozarabic wád alḥajára.

References
  1. Corriente, F.; Sáenz-Badillos, A. (1994), “Nueva propuesta de lectura de las xarajāt con texto romance de la serie hebrea”, in Revista de Filología Española (in Spanish), volume LXXIV, issue 3/4, page 284
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