It is a jewel, a valuable and generally luxurious ornament; Also figuratively used for objects or estimating people. The origin is obviously Arab, although the meaning of 1575; 1604; 1581; 1575; 1580; 1577; (To the Jáyat "the necessary object") naming the belongings, furniture, clothes, tools, already in Andalusi took its meaning of "the valuable" which derived in the Spanish synonym of Joya.
