taifa

From Spanish taifa, from Arabic طَائِفَة (ṭāʔifa, “sect, faction”).

• IPA^(key): /tɑˈiːfə/

taifa (plural taifas)

1. (historical) A Muslim principality on the Iberian Peninsula during the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries.

From Arabic طَائِفَة (ṭāʔifa, “sect, faction”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaifa/ [ˈt̪ai̯.fa]
• Rhymes: -aifa
• Syllabification: tai‧fa

taifa f (plural taifas)

1. gang
2. (historical) taifa

• “taifa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

From Arabic طَائِفَة (ṭāʔifa, “sect, division”).^[1]

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taifa class V (plural mataifa class VI)

1. nation (group of people sharing aspects of language, culture and/or ethnicity)

• nchi

• -taifisha
• kitaifa
• utaifa