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ABULAFIA Judeo-SpanishSephardi Jewish surname from Arabic أبو العافية
(Abū l-ʿāfiya), a combination of أبو
(abū) meaning "father (of)", اَل
(al) "the", and عافية
(ʿāfiya) "health, wellbeing" (see the given name
Aafia).
AZOULAY Judeo-Spanish, Northern AfricanSephardic Jewish surname of disputed meaning; it may be derived from French
azur or Spanish
azul both meaning "blue" (of Persian origin), from Tamazight
izîl meaning "good, pure, sublime", or from an acronym of the Hebrew Biblical passage אִשָּׁ֨ה זֹנָ֤ה וַחֲלָלָה֙ לֹ֣א יִקָּ֔חוּ
(’iš-šāh zō-nāh wa-ḥă-lā-lāh lō yiq-qā-ḥū) meaning "They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane".
CARBAJAL Spanish, Judeo-SpanishProbably a habitational name demoting someone originally from any of the multiple locations called
Carbajal in León, Asturias, or Zamora in Spain. Alternatively, it may be of pre-Roman origin from the word
carbalio meaning "oak", denoting someone who either lived near an oak tree or who was like an oak tree in some way....
[more] TOUATI Arabic (Maghrebi), Judeo-SpanishHabitual family name denoting someone who originated from the Touat (or Tuat) desert region in Algeria. It is also sometimes used by North African Sephardic Jews.