For 1000 years, Arabic was the primary international language of commerce, scholarship & politics, much as English is today. Over the centuries, English adopted many words that were borrowed directly from Arabic Here are 20 English words with Arabic origins…
1/ Jumper: jubbah جُبَّة
The Arabic word for overcoat originally entered European languages as "juppah", valuable silk clothing, in southern Italy in the 11th century.
2/ Admiral: amīr أَمير
Admiral is the highest rank in a navy. The term is used internationally by many countries. It derives originally from the Arabic word amīr (= commander), and came to English by way of Old French and Latin.
3/ Serendipity: serendib سرنديب
The ancient fairy tale place of Serendib, which appears in 1001 Nights was also the old Arabic name for the island of Sri Lanka. The English word serendipity meaning a fortunate discovery coined by author Horace Walpole in 1754.
4/ Cotton: qutun قطن
Though cotton was known to the ancient Romans, the word and the fabric were imported by Arab merchants to Europe in the late Middle Ages Artwork Hassan Massoudy.
5/ Safari: safar سفر
The English adopted the Swahili word for journey – safari – in the 19th c. for their hunting expeditions in East Africa. The origins of the word are from the Arabic "safar" or journey.
6/ Sugar: sukkar سكّر
Another word to have travelled the Silk Road is sugar, which was originally produced in India. By the sixth century, sugar cane cultivation reached Persia & was brought into the Mediterranean by the Arabs.
7/ Coffee: Qahwa قهوة
Originating from Qahwa (قهوة), the Arab world has not only given us the most common drink, but the name has also been derived from Arabic.
8/ Monsoon: mawsim موسم
Early Arab sea merchants on the Indian Ocean rim used the word mawsim or seasons to refer to the seasonal sailing winds. Later, the word was adopted by English sailors as they navigated extreme weather conditions.
9/ Lemon: Laymoon ليمون
The Arabic word Laymoon (ليمون) has taken the shape of lemon.
10/ Elixir: al-iksir الإكسير
Today, an elixir is a liquid remedy with healing powers. In Arabic, it originally referred to a dry powder for treating wounds. It was later adopted by alchemists who referred to an elixir as the elusive mineral powder that turns metals into gold.
11/ Algebra: Aljabr الجَبْر
Founded by Jaber bin Heyan, the field of Algebra or Aljabr (الجَبْر) as it was originally named is one of the most important branch of mathematics in which letters & symbols are used to represent unknown numbers.
12/ Mattress: Matrah مطرح
Sleeping on cushions was actually an Arabic invention. Were it not for Arabic matrah, a place where the cushions were thrown down, the Europeans would never have adopted materacium/materatium (Latin) which passed through Italian into English as mattress.
13/ Castle: Qasr قصر
The word “castle” comes from the Arabic term “Qasr” with the same meaning; a great construction Artwork Nja Mahdaoui.
14/ Syrup: sharab شَراب
Of course if Arabic gave us sugar and candy, it also gave us syrup. In this case, the original is sharab, which refers to a beverage: wine, fruit juice, or something sweeter.
15/ Ghoul: ghuul غول
This word used to describe an evil being that feeds on the bodies of the deceased comes from the Arabic word ghūl, which is in turn rooted in the verb ghāla-“to seize.”
16/ Carat: qirat قيراط
In English, we use the term to measure every 200 mg of gemstones and pearls and the Arabic word, pronounced "qi:ra:t", means "small weight".
17/ Kohl: kohul كحل
It's been used since ancient times to darken the eyelids & in modern times, the charcoal product is embraced across the world for use in makeup products. Pronounced kohul, it comes from the Arabic word "kah'ala" for stain or paint.
18/ Loofah: lufah ليفة استحمام
The Egyptian Arabic word "lu:fah" comes from the fibrous plant whose pods can be used as sponges.
19/ Alchemy: al-kīmiyāʾ الكيمياء
Derives from the Arabic word kimiya (كيمياء) or al-kīmiyāʾ (الكيمياء). The Arabic term is derived from the Ancient Greek χημία, khēmia, or χημεία, khēmeia, 'art of alloying metals', from χύμα (khúma, “fluid”), from χέω (khéō, “I pour”)
20/ Jar: jarra جرّة
Jarra, is an upright container made of pottery. First records in English are in 1418 & 1421 as a container for olive oil. Arabic jarra was used in earlier centuries.
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