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.