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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 6 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 Re: Words from Arabic #69671 05/15/02 03:51 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W 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 05/15/02 04:38 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 05/15/02 05:28 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W 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 6 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 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. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,328 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 721 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 15 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,539 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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