Benifallet
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Toponymic Arabism. Benifallet, from Andalusian Arabic banū Fallet ('sons of Fallet'), anthroponym applied to the Muslim family owner of the place during the Andalusian period.
Banū ('sons of') is a productive Arabic onomastic pattern in Hispanic toponymy that collectively designates the descendants of a lineage. Catalan toponymy preserves dozens of derivatives: Benifallet, Benicarló, Benifairó, Benigànim. The hamlet is documented from 1149.
Evolution of the name
- banū Fallet Andalusi Arabic 10th–12th centuries
- Benifallet medieval Catalan from the 12th century
Glossary
- Anthroponym
- A personal name, often used as the base of toponyms (Lucronius → Logroño, Sigerici → Castrojeriz, Sacavus → Sacavém).
- Arabism
- A word or place name in Castilian, Portuguese or Catalan borrowed from Andalusian Arabic. The Peninsula preserves thousands: aceite, azúcar, almohada, alcázar, azulejo, Guadalquivir, Atalaia, Azofra, Azambuja.
- Banū- onomastic pattern
- Compositional toponymic model of Andalusian Arabic consisting of the noun banū ('sons of') followed by the anthroponym of the founding lineage. Productive in eastern Hispanic toponymy (Catalonia, Valencia, Murcia) with hundreds of derivatives: Benimaclet, Benifallet, Beniel, Benimuslem. It documents the Arab-Berber tribal organisation of al-Andalus.
- Onomastics
- The linguistic discipline that studies proper names — of persons, places and institutions. "Onomastic readings" are competing etymological hypotheses about a name.
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