A suggested reference of a list of borrowed words from English for travelers to the region, who want to communicate with locals and are unable to learn or comprehend the Arabic Language:

According to Holes (2001), in his Dialect, Culture & Society in Eastern Arabia, there are about two hundred English borrowed words in the Gulf Arabic Dialect and especially the Bahraini dialect (p. 36). Some words have been "Arabized" and others remained almost or fully the same with a slight difference in the pronunciation of some sounds for various linguistic purposes.

Knowing words of objects in a foreign language can be beneficial in communicating with locals without having to use or know the correct grammar of a language. In addition to that, recognizing and reading the Khaleeji borrowed words from English, might help English speakers in identifying and being familiar with some of the rules of the dialect, thus enabling them to make sense of it and use it more confidently while being present in the region.

According to Holes (2001) The word list can be divided into categories such as automobile related, machinery, tools, industrial tools, food, employment, sports, household, clothing.
For example,
- 'Rewis' is a word used in Bahraini dialect taken from the English "reverse" used to indicate driving a car in reverse.
- 'let' pronounced almost like the English "Late", actually means "light" in the Bahraini dialect.
- 'Seeda' pronounced similarly to "seed" in English + an "a" in the end, comes from the English word "This Side" used to tell someone to "go straight" in the dialect.
- 'Kabat' pronounced like "ca" in "Cat" + "bat" as in the English "bat". This word is originally the English for "Cabinet" and is used in the Gulf Arabic Dialect to mean "cupboard" too!