I am looking for books and other resources that list words in English that have come originally from Arabic.
2007-08-20 10:39:05 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
See for example "List of Arabic loanwords in English" : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Arabic_loanwords_in_English
2007-08-20 10:53:38 · answer #1 · answered by Erik Van Thienen 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Words like arithmatic are of Arabic origin. You can look in the dictionary to see the roots of words. I'm not sure of resources that have actually gathered all the words, though.
2007-08-20 10:48:29 · answer #2 · answered by The Bacon Baron 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have a dictionary which is called Al-Mawred
it's english-arabic
it has a big list of these words, it can help u .
2007-08-22 21:07:23 · answer #3 · answered by Uncle Under 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just googled it, and found the following, among others (w/link Cornea - one of the major parts in the eye. Arabic: al-qarniya (qarn = "horn") "Alphabet" comes from the semitic letters alif (first letter) + ba = beit. Beit was the second pictographic letter in the Phoenician. * Alhambra: "the red one" * Taj Mahal: "crown place" * Canal = Arabic qanawat * Chemise (French) = qamees (Arabic) * Naphtha, naphthalene = naft (mentioned in the Qur'an, meaning oil for burning)
2016-05-18 02:35:08 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋