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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: Words from Arabic #69661 05/14/2002 9:10 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 How did we miss "houri" : the ultimate Arabian beautiful young woman dwelling in Paradise? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter . #69662 05/14/2002 9:21 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words from Arabic #69663 05/14/2002 10:04 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 What a pity "salaam" and "shalom" are not exchanged more often. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words from Arabic #69664 05/14/2002 10:06 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 I thought "nargile" = waterpipe might be Arabic, but it is Persian. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter . #69665 05/14/2002 10:35 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words from Arabic #69666 05/14/2002 10:51 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear Max: a greater pity that that lady had suffered so much from that cultural conflict. I exchanged many PMs with her, and admire her, though recognizing that the board was not a suitable place for venting her feelings. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words from Arabic #69667 05/14/2002 11:51 PM Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 200 AphonicRants enthusiast AphonicRants enthusiast Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 200 one person was deeply offended by my closing a post with "salaam alaikum" [and] express[ed] her contempt for the language De mortuis nil nisi bonum, perhaps, max? All I see at in the discussion is light-hearted banter, but even if your recall is correct, I'd think de mortuis would apply. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words from Arabic #69668 05/15/2002 12:05 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear God, AR: are you telling me Shoshannah is dead? I got e-mail from her only a short time ago. What happened? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words from Arabic #69669 05/15/2002 12:19 AM Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 200 AphonicRants enthusiast AphonicRants enthusiast Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 200 I speak figuratively, dr. bill, in the sense that she's dead to this board. But I imagine you knew that mid-thread would hardly be the place for a literal obituary, and that I am here making a foolishly-literal response to a comment you meant as wordplay. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words from Arabic #69670 05/15/2002 12:25 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear AR: I am relieved. As I said, I very much liked and admired Shoshannah. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words from Arabic #69671 05/15/2002 3:51 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Another list of words borrowed from Arabic. Hard to tell how many duplicates. Here is ;URL to this site, which gives many countries from which words have been borrowed. Well worth browsing: http://www.krysstal.com/borrow.html admiral, albatross, alchemy, alcohol, alcove (recess for a bed), alfalfa, algebra (reunion of broken parts), algorithm, alkali, amber, amulet, aniline, antimony, arsenal, artichoke, assassin, average (equitable distribution of losses due to damaged goods), ayatollah, azimuth, benzene (from Java - from a resin in an Asian tree) calibre (mould for casting metal), carat (weight of four grains), caraway, cipher, coffee, cork (bark), cotton, drub (beat), elixir, fakir, fellah (peasant), fez (named after its city of origin in Morocco), gala, garbage, garble, gazelle, genie, giraffe, goul (the same root as Algol), hashish, harem, hazard, henna, kismet (fate), lackey (footman), lime, loofah, lute, magazine, marzipan, mask (buffoon), mattress, minaret, mohair, monkey, monsoon (season), mosque, myrrh, nadir, pancreas, racket (for ball games - palm of hand), ream (bundle), safari, Sahara (desert), saffron, sahib (friend), satin (named after its city of origin in China), sequin (coin), sheikh (old man), sherbet, sheriff (noble), sofa, soda (headache - from plant used as a remedy), sultan, syrup (drink), tabby (from a district in Baghdad where striped cloth was made), talisman, tamarind (Indian date), tariff, wadi (dry river), yashmak (veil), zenith (pass over the head), zero, zircon Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words from Arabic #69672 05/15/2002 4:38 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC Bill: I hate it when this happens. Along comes a list like this, and one, just one, of the words shouldn't be included, and it makes me question everything in the list. Sheriff in the sense of a county officer is not from Arabic, according to my dictionary. So I looked at some of the other words. Carat is also suspect, since it came to us through Arabic from Greek. It is akin to keratin, believe it or not. My dictionary does not substantiate either garbage or garble as being derived from Arabic. I also looked in OED. Nothing there about Arabic either. TEd TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words from Arabic #69673 05/15/2002 5:28 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear TEd: Thanks for your bits of research. I think that is one of the most important contributions to the board, to point out errors in a scholarly way. I just thought of "catafalque", the structure supporting coffin at funeral. i thought it might be arabic, but it is not. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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