Etymology of arabic words

“Etymological dictionary for Arabic” doesn’t make much sense, since the Arabic lexicon is so much vaster than that of any other Semitic language, since …
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WebThe proper name Arab or Arabian (and cognates in other languages) has been used to translate several different but similar-sounding words in ancient and classical texts which …
For the UN's Arabic Language Day, we picked our top 15 most surprising words with Arabic origins. Admiral: amir أمير. The word for this high-ranking naval …
Webribose (n.) 1892, from German Ribose (1891), from Ribonsäure, a tetrahydroxy acid, with first element shortened and arbitrarily rearranged from English arabinose (c. 1880), a sugar …
WebAllah ( / ˈæl.lə, ˈɑːl.lə, əˈl.lɑː /; [1] [2] Arabic: ٱَللَّٰهْ‎, [a] ʿAlḷāh, IPA: [ʔaɫ.ɫaːh] ⓘ) is the common Arabic word for God. In the English language, the word generally refers to God in Islam.
In Arabic, there are words that don’t look Arabic – and they aren’t. The etymology of basha, bakshish, sitt, efendim, khan, dulab, fingan and Khorchide. …
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masc. proper name, biblical son of Abraham and Hagar, driven into the wilderness with his mother, from Hebrew Yishma'el, literally "God hears," from …
The words Almanac, Soda, Hazard, Mascara, Racquet, Satin, and Zircon may or may not be from Arabic — each word is of obscure origin and the Arabic-origin …
The word لِيمان (Līmān/Liman) or لُومان (Lūmān/Luman) This term is used in Egypt for prison. The word is found in Turkish as well but means something very …
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Allah, Arabic Allāh (“God”), the one and only God in Islam.. Etymologically, the name Allah is probably a contraction of the Arabic al-Ilāh, “the God.”The name’s …
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