English Words from Arabic origins
(words that have come into English directly or indirectly, from or through, Arabic)
1. A Muslim or Hindu wandering beggar: Fakirs are often believed to effect marvels.
2. A religious ascetic of the Muslim or Hindu religion: Fakirs are considered to be itinerant workers.
2. A religious ascetic of the Muslim or Hindu religion: Fakirs are considered to be itinerant workers.
A very thin loosely woven light-weight fabric: Sally got a bad burn, and the doctor treated it, and covered it with some gauze to protect it and to keep the wound clean.
An antelope of the genus Gazella of the family Bovidae: Gazelles are noted to run at high speed and for a long period of time.
Gazelles are native to Africa and Asia.
In Arabic culture, a spirit that is human-like or immaterial being: Genies are normally not visible to people, but can reveal themselves in the form of a person or animal.
A genie in Persia or in Arabia is said to appear and disappear by magic and it obeys the person who has power over it.
1. In mythology, a fiend that eats or consumes corpses: The ghoul in the scary story Jane was reading robbed graves and fed on the carcasses.
2. A person who has an abnormal interest in things that are revolting and repulsive: Sandy's brother seemed to be a ghoul because he was extremely fascinated by death and corpses.
2. A person who has an abnormal interest in things that are revolting and repulsive: Sandy's brother seemed to be a ghoul because he was extremely fascinated by death and corpses.
An animal of the genus Giraffa of the African savannah: The ruminant giraffe is very large with a extremely long neck, long legs, and dark spots on its body.
A sweet food made from sesame seeds and honey: The halvah that Alice's mother prepared was like a paste with ground sesame seeds, honey, chopped pistachios, and with some dried fruit.
1. A part of a private Muslim household that is forbidden to male strangers: In the story, the harem of the rich Muslim was reserved for the women in the palace.
2. The group of wives, concubines, or girlfriends in a polygamous home, usually that of a Muslim man: In the book Carol was reading, a man had a harem, or a lot of women in his home, like 6 wives, 7 concubines, and 2 girlfriends.
2. The group of wives, concubines, or girlfriends in a polygamous home, usually that of a Muslim man: In the book Carol was reading, a man had a harem, or a lot of women in his home, like 6 wives, 7 concubines, and 2 girlfriends.
The tender parts and leaves of the Indian hemp plant (Cannabis sativa or C. indica) are dried for chewing or for smoking: The intake of hashish, either by smoking, chewing or drinking, has an intoxicating effect on a person.
The plant, Lawsonia inermis, which has red flowers that are fragrant: Mary wanted to use the flowers of a henna shrub and make a mixture to color her hair a rich brownish red.
hookah (s) (noun), hookah
A pipe and long flexible tube which draws the smoke through water water pipe; hubble-bubble; hubbly bubbly; narghile, shish: The hookah was customarily used for smoking tobacco, that was often flavored.
1. A nymph of paradise in Muslim belief: In the story, the houri was described as being extremely beautiful and living in the Muslim Paradise.
2. An attractive woman: When walking along in the park, James saw a houri, a very seductive and gorgeous girl sitting on a park bench who who seemed to be very sad.
2. An attractive woman: When walking along in the park, James saw a houri, a very seductive and gorgeous girl sitting on a park bench who who seemed to be very sad.
A dip made of chickpea paste: The Levantine Arab sauce can be flavored with adding olive oil, fresh garlic, lemon juice, tahini and can be enjoyed with pitta bread.
A religious leader in Islam: An imam has the function as a leader of a Muslim community or leads the prayers in a mosque.
The Muslim religion: The Koran is the sacred script of the Islam which upholds that there is only one God and that Muhammad is the prophet of their religion.
