English Words from Arabic origins

A Muslim official in South Asia: Historically a nawab, or a local governor, had the job of a provincial deputy ruler under the Muslim empire.

1. The evergreen tree of the genus citrus: The orange tree like the Citrus sinensis produces edible.
2. The fruit of the Citrus sinensis: The yellow-red oranges that Jill liked best tasted quite sour-sweet, and were from the orange tree in her backyard.

1. A conceited and vain person: Susan's sister seemed to be so superficial, pinky, and self-centered that Susan called her a popinjay.
2. Archaic, a parrot: Grace found out that a popinjay referred to that colorful and very talkative bird that was usually kept in a cage in earlier times.

1. A round or oval frame strung with cords made of plastic, wire, or sinew and connected with a handle:A racket is used to.hit a tennis ball when playing tennis, or when playing badminton.
2. A very loud distressing, and irritating noise: Suddenly a racket outside woke up the couple in the middle of the night.

1. A certain number of sheets of paper: It used to be that a ream consisted of 480 sheets of paper, called a short ream, but now 500 sheets is normal, called a long ream.
2. A large amount of paper, information, etc.: Sam tried to sort the reams of newspapers to find the article he was looking for.

A huge mythical bird: A roc is found in Arabian legends, is said to be enormous and very powerful, and to dwell in the area of the Indian Ocean

1. A European bird, Corvus frugilegus, that belongs to the crow family: During their trip around Europe, Jack and Jill noticed many rooks that nested in treetop colonies.
2. A person who swindles or cheats: In the story, the crock turned out to be a real rook who tricked people into giving him a lot of money.
3. One of the black or white chessboard pieces; a castle: Tom explained that a rook could be moved either in a straight line forward or in a straight line sideways on the chess board during a game.

A trip into an undeveloped country to observe or hunt wild animals: The purpose of Jim taking part in a safari in East Africa was to photograph lions and giraffes for a magazine article about wild animals..

The stigmas of the purple-colored flowers of the crocus, Crocus sativus: Saffron is used in different ways, as a spice seasoning and for adding color to foods, and sometimes as a dye or as an insect repellent.

A geographical name for the part of Africa between the southern section, Sudan, and the Sahara in the north: The Sahel extends from Mauritania to Chad and is noted to be a semidesert along the southern edge of the Sahara desert.