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benjuí: Arabic → Catalan · Lexodus

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benjuí

Borrowed from Arabic لُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy, “Javanese frankincense”). First attested in 1430. The loss of the initial syllable is likely due to its reanalysis as the definite article lo.

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c. 750 CEArabic

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c. 750 CE
c. 1200

Hops are evenly spaced; labels show the year each form is first attested.