English Words of direct Arabic Etymology
Some English Words of Arabic Etymology
(Please see Al-Fallouji's PARADISE DICTIONARY)
The following words are only few examples:
"Firdous" (paradise);
"cah'f" (cave);
"ardh" (earth);
"ilyat" (elite);
"jamal" (camel);
"zarafa" (giraffe);
"qit" (cat);
"el-feel" (elephant);
"sirat" (street);
"qist" (just);
"coub" (cup);
"qat'a" (cut);
"datel or daqal" (date);
"abash" (Abyssinia);
"at-tube" (adobe);
"al-henna" (alkanet);
"isthmus" (antimony);
"albaricoque" (apricot);
"al-badinjan" (aubergine);
"buq" (bug);
"badzahr" (bezoar);
"balakhana" (balcony);
"baghdadi" (baldachino);
"banan mouz" (banana);
"burqa" (baroque);
"barija" (barque);
"begarmudi" (bergamot);
"maymoon" (baboon);
"qafas" (cabas);
"jamal" (camelia);
" sakk" (cheque);
"shiff" (chiffon);
"quffa" (coffer);
"qubba" (cupola);
"dimishk" (damask);
"dimish'qi, damascene" (damson plum);
"hoodhod" (hoopoe);
"qabala" (gabelle);
"zarabet" (carpet);
"ameen" (amen);
"atil" (idle);
"qitar" (guitar);
"jubba" (jump or jumper);
"lefa, lufa" (loofah);
"al-ud" (lute);
"louzeh" (lozenge);
"meel" (mile);
"mir'ah" (mirror);
"maskhara" (mask, masque, masquerade);
"mumiya" (mummy);
"nabeel" (noble);
"naugta" (naught);
"ruz" (rice);
"rass" (race);
"raha -palm of hand" (racket);
"thail" (tail);
"toll" (tall); and
"ada'at" (gadget).
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