Arabic

`abâ (Arabic), kind of garment: ABA.

'ad.ud, (Arabic) 'upper arm': ALIDADE. F alidade.

aftâ (Arabic) 'to decide on a question of law': MUFTI. F mufti.

âkhîr alnahr (Arabic) 'the end of the river' (referring to the star's position in Eridanus): ACHERNAR.

al (Arabic) 'the': AD- (as in ADMIRAL, ADOBE), AL- (as in ALBATROSS, ALCHEMY), ANILINE, AR- (as in ARSENAL, ARTICHOKE).

alif (Arabic), first letter of the Arabic alphabet: ALIF.

'alimâ (Arabic) 'to know': ULEMA.

amara (Arabic) 'to tell, command,' whence 'amîr 'commander': ADMIRAL, AMEER, EMIR, EMIRATE, IMARET. G Admiral, Emir, Emirat. It ammiraglio. F amiral. Sp almirante. Pg almirante.

'amma (Arabic) 'to lead': IMAM.

`anbar (Arabic) 'ambergris, amber': AMBER.

`arrafa (Arabic) 'to notify': TARIFF. G Tarif.

`arak. (Arabic) 'sweet juice, liquor': ARRACK. G Arrak. F arak.

'as.ârah (Arabic) 'juice pressed out': ALIZARIN.

'askar (Arabic) 'army': LASCAR.

aubût.îlûn (Arabic), kind of shrub: ABUTILON.

`awar (Arabic) 'fault, blemish': AVERAGE.

babaghâ (Arabic) 'parrot': POPINJAY.

badw (Arabic) 'desert': BEDOUIN.

bakr (Arabic) 'young camel': ALBACORE.

bân (Arabic) 'ben': BEN.

barbârîs (Arabic) 'barberry': BARBERRY, BERBERINE.

barda`ah (Arabic) 'stuffed packsaddle': BARD.

barr (Arabic) 'open area, open country, outside': BARRIO.

bît al-jauzâ (Arabic) 'shoulder of the giant (Orion)': BETELGEUSE.

bulbul (Arabic) 'bulbul': BULBUL.

dabar (Arabic) 'to follow': ALDEBARAN.

dâr (Arabic) 'house': ARSENAL. G Arsenal.

dáraba (Arabic) 'to beat': DRUB.

darina (Arabic) 'to be dirty': DOURINE.

dâw (Arabic) 'dhow': DHOW.

dawm (Arabic) 'doom palm': DOOM_PALM.

dhanab (Arabic) 'tail': DENEB, DENEBOLA.

dhû'l-h.ijja (Arabic) 'the one of the pilgrimage': DHUL-HIJJA.

dhûl-ga`dah (Arabic) 'the one of the siting': DHUL-QADDAH.

dhurah (Arabic) 'grain': DURRA.

dorûnaj (Arabic) 'doronicum': DORONICULM.

falah.a (Arabic) 'to cultivate, till': FELLAH.

faqura (Arabic) 'he was poor': FAKIR. G Fakir.

fardah, farde (Arabic) 'load': FARDEL.

fas.fas.ah (Arabic) 'best sort of fodder': ALFALFA.

fidâ' (Arabic) 'redemption': FEYDAYEE.

fils, fals (Arabic) 'Arabic lmonetary unit': FIL.

fulk (Arabic) 'ship': FELUCCA.

fum'l-h.ût (Arabic) 'mouth of the fish': FOMALHAUT.

gamâr (Arabic) 'to complete': GEMARA.

ghazâ (Arabic) 'he made war': GHAZI.

ghâla (Arabic) 'he took suddenly': GHOUL.

ghalîz. (Arabic) 'rough': GALLA.

gharafa (Arabic) 'to dip': CARAFE. G Karaffe.

gharbala (Arabic) 'to sift, select': GARBLE.

ghazâl (Arabic), kind of antilope: GAZELLE. G Gazelle.

ghûl (Arabic) 'ghoul': ALGOL.

ghurâb (Arabic) 'raven, swift galley': GRAB.

gilâdah (Arabic) 'mane': GELADA.

H.abash (Arabic) 'Abyssinians': ABYSSINIA.

h.abb (Arabic) 'grain': ABELMOSK.

hafiza (Arabic) 'to watch, protect, memorize': HAFIZ.

h.aija (Arabic) 'he went on a pilgrimage': HADJ, HADJI.

hajara (Arabic) 'to leave, depart': HEGIRA.

h.âka (Arabic) 'to weave': HAIK.

h.akama (Arabic) 'to be wise, exercise authority': HAKIM.

h.alwâ (Arabic) 'halvah': HALVAH.

h.amala (Arabic) 'to carry': HAMAL.

hamaza (Arabic) 'to press on, spur, goad': HAMZA.

h.amida (Arabic) 'to praise': MOHAMMED.

h.amlat (Arabic) 'camlet': CAMLET.

h.arama (Arabic) 'he prohibited': HAREM, HARMATTAN, IHRAM.

h.arrab (Arabic) 'to sharpen, fight': MOJARRA.

h.ashîsh (Arabic) 'dried grass': ASSASSIN, HASHISH.

h.ashhaudaj (Arabic) 'burden carried by a camel or elephant': HOWDAH.

haurâ' (Arabic) 'dark-eyed woman': HOURI.

h.innâ' (Arabic) 'henna': ALKANET, HENNA.

h.uqqah (Arabic) 'bottle of water through which tobacco smoke is drawn': HOOKAH.

`igâl (Arabic) 'cord, rope': AGAL.

'ilâh (Arabic) 'god': ALLAH.

'izâr (Arabic) 'veil, covering': IZAR.

jabara (Arabic) 'to reunite, reintegrate': ALGEBRA. G Algebra.

jarnayt. (Arabic) 'genet': GENET.

jarrah (Arabic) 'large earthen vase': JAR.

jihâd (Arabic) 'crusade, Moslem holy war': JIHAD.

jinnîy (Arabic) 'Moslem legendary spirit, jinny': JINNI.

jubbah (Arabic) 'shirt': JUMPER.

ka`b (Arabic) 'cube': KAABA.

kabâbah (Arabic) 'cubeb': CUBEB.

k.âdûs (Arabic) 'pitcher': ALBATROSS. G Albatros.

kafara (Arabic) 'to deny, be skeptical': KAFFIR, KAFIR.

k.alâ (Arabic) 'to fry, roast': ALKALI, KALI. G Alkaloid.

k.alaba (Arabic) 'to turn, convert': CALIBER.

k.ant.ara (Arabic) 'to arch': ALMUCANTAR.

karawyâ (Arabic) 'caraway': CARAWAY.

kayf (Arabic) 'pleasure, well-being': KIF.

khalafa (Arabic) 'to succeed': CALIPH. G Kalif.

khamsûn (Arabic) 'fifty': KHAMSIN.

khân (Arabic) 'inn': KHAN.

kharrûba (Arabic) 'carob tree': ALGARROBA, CAROB.

kharshûf (Arabic) 'artichoke': ARTICHOKE. G Artischocke.

khasyu ath-tha`lab (Arabic), orig. 'the fox's testicles,' hence a kind of orchard: SALEP.

khayyara (Arabic) 'to choose': MOHAIR.

khazana (Arabic) 'to store up': MAGAZINE. G Magazin.

khilâl (Arabic) 'spine': ALFILARIA.

kouskous (Arabic) 'couscous': COUSCOUS.

k.ubba (Arabic) 'vault': ALCOVE.

kuh.l (Arabic) 'antinomy': ALCOHOL, KOHL. G Alkohol.

kurkulm (Arabic) 'saffron': CURCUMA.

lâmi (Arabic) 'the elemi': ELEMI.

lîmah (Arabic) 'lime': LIME.

lubân jâwî (Arabic) 'frankincense of Java': BENZOIN. G Benzin.

lûf, lûfah (Arabic) 'loofa': LOOFA.

mâ' (Arabic) 'water luster': FIRST_WATER (in translation).

madâ (Arabic) 'to leade rightly': MAHDI.

mah.yah (Arabic) 'boasting': MAFIA.

manârat (Arabic) 'lamp': MINARET.

marqashît.â (Arabic) 'marcasite': MARCASITE.

mass (Arabic) 'to touch, handle': MASSAGE. G Massage, massieren.

mas.t.abah (Arabic) 'stone bench': MASTABA.

mât (Arabic) 'dead, perplexed': CHECKMATE, MATT ?. G matt ?.

mausim (Arabic) 'season, monsoon season': MONSOON.

mawlâ (Arabic) 'master': MULLAH.

mâzaryûn (Arabic) 'mezereon': MEZEREON, MEZEREUM.

miqramah (Arabic) 'striped cloth': MACRAMé.

mûm (Arabic) 'wax': MUMMY.

na`ara (Arabic) 'to grunt, creak': NORIA.

na'ib (Arabic) 'governor': NABOB.

naqqârah (Arabic) 'shell': NACRE.

naz.îr (Arabic) 'opposite': NADIR.

niz.âm (Arabic) 'government': NIZAM, NIZAM.

nukhâ` (Arabic) 'spinal marrow': NUCHA.

nûr (Arabic) 'night': KOHINOOR.

qabala (Arabic) 'he received': GABELLE.

qábilah (Arabic) 'he lay opposite': KIBLAH.

qabîlah (Arabic) 'tribe': KABYLE.

qâd (Arabic) 'to command': ALCAIDE.

qadâ (Arabic) 'to judge': ALCALDE.

qâfilah (Arabic) 'caravan': COFFLE.

qahwah (Arabic) 'coffee': COFFEE. G Kaffee.

qalaba (Arabic) 'to turn, convert': CALIBER, CALIVER, CALLIPER.

qand (Arabic) 'cane sugar': CANDY.

qara'a (Arabic) 'to read, recite': KORAN.

qarrâbah (Arabic) 'large jug': CARBOY.

qas.abah (Arabic) 'fortress': CASBAH.

qasama (Arabic) 'he divided, alloted': KISMET.

qirs (4-6) (Arabic) 'Arabic monetary unit': QURUSH.

qolqot.târ (Arabic) 'colcothar': COLCOTHAR.

qurqûr (Arabic) 'carrack': CARRACK, CARRICK BEND.

qutn (Arabic) 'cotton': COTTON. G Chitin, Kattun, Kittel. F coton. Sp algodón. It cotone.

ra`â (Arabic) 'pasture': RYOT.

rabata (Arabic) 'to make fast, fix': MARABOUT.

rabî (Arabic) 'spring': RABI.

rah.et (2-5) (Arabic) 'palm of the hand': RACKET.

rahj (Arabic) 'powder': REALGAR.

rebâb (Arabic) 'rebec': REBEC.

rijl (Arabic) 'foot (of Orion)': RIGEL.

rub` (Arabic) quarter (of a quintal)': ARROBA.

sadda (Arabic) 'to obstruct': SUDD.

safar (Arabic) '2nd month of the Moslem calendar': SAFAR.

safara (Arabic) 'to travel, set out': SAFARI.

S.afi-ud-din (Arabic) 'purity of religion': SOPHY.

s.âh.ib (Arabic) 'friend, companion, master': SAHIB.

sâh.il (Arabic) 'coast': SWAHILI.

s.ah.rá (Arabic) 'desert': SAHARA.

sajada (Arabic) 'to worship': MOSQUE.

salâm (Arabic) 'peace': ISLAM, MUSLIM, SALAAM.

salama (Arabic) 'he was safe': ISLAM, MUSLIM, SALAAM.

sammûr (Arabic) 'Siberian weasel': SIMAR.

samt (Arabic) 'road': NADIR, ZENITH.

sanâ' (Arabic) 'senna': SENNA.

s.anâ`a (Arabic) 'industry': ARSENAL. G Arsenal.

s.aqr (Arabic) 'saker': SAKER.

sâsa (Arabic) 'to administer': SYCE.

sayyid (Arabic) 'lord': SAYYID.

shâ`a (Arabic) 'to follow, accompany': SHIAH.

shabbâk (Arabic) 'xebec': XEBEC.

shâkha (Arabic) 'to be old': SHEIK. G Scheich.

shakîmah (Arabic) 'bit of a bridle, restraint': HACKAMORE.

sharafa (Arabic) 'to be highborn': SHERIF.

sharaqa (Arabic) 'the sun rose': SIROCCO. G Schirokko, Sirocco (?).

sharas. (Arabic) 'thorny plant': SARSAPARILLA.

shariba (Arabic) 'to drink': SHERBET, SHRUB, SYRUP. G Sorbet (?), Sirup.

shâsh (Arabic) 'muslin': SASH.

shat.t. (Arabic) 'river bank': CHOTT.

s.ifr (Arabic) 'empty,' hence 'zero': CHIFFON, CIPHER, DECIPHER, ZERO. G Chiffon, Chiffre, chiffrieren, dechiffrieren, entziffern, Ziffer. F chiffe, chiffon, chiffonner, chiffre, déchiffrer, chiper, chipoter.

sikkah (Arabic) 'coin die': SEQUIN.

s.ufr (Arabic) 'yellow copper': ZAFFER.

summâq (Arabic) 'sumac tree': SUMAC.

sunnah (Arabic) 'form, course, rule': SUNNA, SUNNI.

t.abl (Arabic) 'drum': TABLA, TIMBAL, TIMBALE.

tah.sîl (Arabic) 'collection': TAHSILDAR.

tâ'ir (Arabic) 'star': ALTAIR.

t.alasa (Arabic) 'to rub smooth, delete': ATLAS. G Atlas.

tamr (Arabic) 'date': TAMARIND.

t.anbûr (Arabic) 'lute': TAMBOURA.

taraha (Arabic) 'to throw, fling': MATTRESS. G Matratze (?).

t.arah.a (Arabic) 'to reject, throw': TARE.

tars.î (Arabic) 'inlay': INTARSIA.

t.ûb (Arabic) 'brick': ADOBE.

turbid., turbed. (Arabic) 'turpeth': TURPETH.

tûtiyâ (Arabic) 'oxide of zinc': TUTTY.

`ûd (Arabic) 'wood': LUTE, OUD.

udhn (Arabic) 'ear': ADHINA, MUEZZIN.

wâdî (Arabic) 'wadi': WADI.

wâli (Arabic) 'governor': VILAYET.

waliya (Arabic) 'he rules': BLIGHTY.

warzara (Arabic) 'to bear, carry': VIZIER.

yásara (Arabic) 'he played at dice': HAZARD.

yashmaq, yashmok (Arabic) 'Moslem woman's veil': YASHMAK.

yerbô`, yarbu` (Arabic) 'flesh of the loins': JERBOA.

zabâd (Arabic) 'civet': CIVET, ZIBET.

za`farân (Arabic) 'saffron': SAFFRON. G Safran.

zarâfah (Arabic) 'giraffe': GIRAFFE. G Giraffe.

zarb (Arabic) 'sheepfold': ZAREBA.

z.arf (Arabic) 'container': ZARF.

zâ'ûq (Arabic) 'mercury': AZOTH.