noun, masculine/θalmeˈdina/plural: zalmedinas
A magistrate with civil and criminal jurisdiction in a medieval city.
Borrowed from Arabic صَاحِبُ اَلْمَدِينَة (ṣāḥibu al-madīna, literally “chief of the city”), via Andalusian Arabic.
/θalmeˈdina/
A magistrate with civil and criminal jurisdiction in a medieval city.
Borrowed from Arabic صَاحِبُ اَلْمَدِينَة (ṣāḥibu al-madīna, literally “chief of the city”), via Andalusian Arabic.