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Archaic and rare words are also omitted. A bigger listing including words very rarely seen in English is at Wiktionary dictionary. Given the number of words which have entered English from Arabic, this list is split alphabetically into sublists, as listed below: List of English words of Arabic origin (A-B) List of English words of Arabic origin ...
The Arabic name Al ash-Sheikh (آل الشيخ) (which is transliterated in a number of ways) translates into English as family of the Sheikh [1] or House of the Sheikh. [2] The word Al, in conjunction with the name of an ancestor, means family of or House of. [3]
Al-Masudi (died 956) and Ibn al-Awwam (died c. 1200) are examples of Arabic writers who used the word in the sense of an astrology-based talisman. An 11th-century, 400-page Arabic book about occult magic, astrology and talismans, the book entitled the Ghāyat al-Hakīm , uses the word about 200 times in the sense of a talisman, meaning an image ...
The word-forms with and without the al-were synonymous until the end of the 17th century; the meaning of each of them covered both alchemy and chemistry. [19] [20] alcohol الكحول al-Kuḥull [ʔlkħwl] (listen ⓘ), very finely powdered stibnite (Sb 2 S 3) or galena (PbS) or any similar fine powder. [8]
Saudis listened to their anthem for the first time during the celebrations of Eid al-Fitr in 1984. [1] "Āsh al-Malīk" is referred to by Saudi Arabians as "The National Anthem" (النشيد الوطني, an-Našīd al-Waṭanī), although it is commonly known by its incipit, "Hasten" (سارعي, Sārʿī).
Sakhi (Gurmukhi: ਸਾਖੀ; sākhī) literally means 'historical account', 'anecdote', or 'story'.It is derived from the Sanskrit word sākṣī (साक्षी) which literally means 'witness'.
death. (Barah-wafat) Muhammad was born on the twelfth day of Rabi-ul-Awwal, the third month of the Muslim year. His death anniversary also falls on the same day, the word 'barah' standing for the twelve days of Muhammad's sickness. Waḥdat al-wujūd (الوجود) "unity of being". Philosophical term used by some Sufis. Related to fanaa Waḥy ...
The word is mentioned in the Qur'an in three places: verse 72 of Hud, 78 of Yusuf, and 23 of al-Qasas. A royal family member of the United Arab Emirates and some other Arab countries, also has this title, since the ruler of each emirate is also the sheikh of their tribe.