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In a modern etymology analysis of one medieval Arabic list of medicines, the names of the medicines —primarily plant names— were assessed to be 31% ancient Mesopotamian names, 23% Greek names, 18% Persian, 13% Indian (often via Persian), 5% uniquely Arabic, and 3% Egyptian, with the remaining 7% of unassessable origin. [4]
The following English words have been acquired either directly from Arabic or else indirectly by passing from Arabic into other languages and then into English. Most entered one or more of the Romance languages before entering English. To qualify for this list, a word must be reported in etymology dictionaries as having descended from Arabic.
Influential Arabic dictionaries in modern usage: English: Collins Dictionaries, Collins Essential - Arabic Essential Dictionary, Collins, Glasgow 2018. [21] English: Lahlali, El Mustapha & Tajul Islam, A Dictionary of Arabic Idioms and Expressions: Arabic-English Translation, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh 2024. [22]
The Arabic name is found in Latin starting in the 10th century [13] and as such it is one of the earliest loanwords on this list. [57] From the Latin, the word is in late medieval English medical books spelled sumac. [18] [58] Swahili سواحل sawāhil [sawaːħil] (listen ⓘ), coasts (plural of sāhil, coast).
The following English words have been acquired either directly from Arabic or else indirectly by passing from Arabic into other languages and then into English. Most entered one or more of the Romance languages before entering English. To qualify for this list, a word must be reported in etymology dictionaries as having descended from Arabic.
This is a list of traditional Arabic place names. This list includes: Places involved in the history of the Arab world and the Arabic names given to them. Places whose official names include an Arabic form. Places whose names originate from the Arabic language. All names are in Standard Arabic and academically transliterated. Most of these ...
See as example Category:English words: Subcategories. This category has the following 11 subcategories, out of 11 total. ... Arabic-language names (4 C, 6 P) Q ...
List of English words of Arabic origin (T–Z) S. List of Arabic star names This page was last edited on 28 September 2014, at 00:16 (UTC). ...