zero:
The word ‘zero’ comes from the Arabic sifr, meaning ‘empty’ or ‘nothing’. Fibonacci, a thirteenth-century Italian mathematician introduced the concept of ‘zero’ to Europe when he returned from studying in North Africa.
Safari:
The Swahili speakers of East Africa gave English this word, which means ‘an expedition’ and comes from the Arabic word for ‘journey’ (safar).
Sofa:
The word ‘sofa’ came to English from Turkish, where it refers to a raised section of a floor covered with carpets and cushions. The Turks got the word from the Arabic suffah, which means ‘a ledge or bench made of stone or wood’. In America and Australia, however, a ‘sofa’ is usually called a ‘couch’.
Coffee:
Arab traders brought coffee to Arabia from East Africa and called it kahwah. They shared it with their neighbours, the Ottoman Empire, who called it kahveh, and from there the Turks shared it with the world.
Sugar
As was the case with coffee, Arab traders were important in the spread of sugar in Europe. English gets the word via the French sucre and the Latin succarum, which comes from the Arabic sukkar.
Cotton
Early Arab traders introduced Indian cotton to Europe along with the Arabic word qutn, which is where the English term comes from.
Algebra
The word ‘algebra’ comes from al-jabr, meaning ‘a reunion of broken parts’, which referred to the setting of broken bones until a ninth-century Arabic book changed the meaning of the term. The author of the book was al-Khwarizmi, whose name gives us another mathematical term: ‘algorithm’.
7 English words that come from Arabic
Alcohol
According to the Oxford English dictionary, the word Alcohol originates from the Arabic world al-kuḥl ‘the kohl’, which in early use referred to powders, specifically kohl, and especially those obtained by sublimation; later ‘a distilled or rectified spirit’ in the mid 17th century.
Magazine
The word magazine originally meant warehouse or place for storing goods in the 1580s, which originated from the Arabic makhazin, plural of makhzan “storehouse”, from khazana “to store up.” According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the original sense of the word is now almost obsolete.
Saffron
The spice saffron earned its name from the Arabic az-za’faran, which is of unknown origin. The Online Etymology Dictionary adds that the Russian shafran’ is also from Arabic.
10 English Words You Didn’t Know Came From Arabic
Algorithm
Every time you use an algorithm, you should remember that the name was used to name it over the person who invented the steps to solve the mathematical problems Mohammad Al-Khwarizmi. Hence the Arabic term (خوارزمية) is given in Arabic after him before it was transferred to English among other languages.
Orange
People who speak Arabic know that Orange translates to Burtuqal. Yet, we can say that Orange is derived from Arabic! A few centuries ago, we did not have Oranges in the Mediterranean basin. Arabic merchants brought oranges with them from India. These Oranges were bitter not like the ones we have today and they were called Naranj (نارنج) in Arabic. Today Oranges are still called Naranj in Spain, but in English and French, they use the name Orange.
English Words That Come From Arabic
AL-FULK (16:14)
Fulk, Fulko, Foulques, Fulke, Wilkins, VikingsFolk, Phallic, Philic, Flock, Volk – wolf, Folkvangr
https://www.houseofnames.com/uk/fulke-family-crest
Fulke in Europe were a family from Normandy who traveled to England on a boat.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norfolk
They established the county of Norfolk in East Anglia.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffolk
Fulke also established Suffolk to the south of Norfolk. Norfolk and Suffolk literally mean “North Folk” and “South Folk”. The word for “The Boat” in Arabic is Al-Fulk. Vikings/Wilkins and the Fulke were people who traveled on boats, for conquests, commerce and/or resettlement.
DARAAHIM (12:20)
Arabic: Dirham (درهم) (singular)
Sabaic: Dhi Rakhm (ذي رخم)
Greek: Drachmae (δραχμή)
Sanskrit: Dramma (द्रम्म)
QARN (6:6)
QRN
CRN
Chron-
Chronos
Chronology
Chronological
Chronograph
Anachronism
FARAQ (2:50)
Fractal
Faraqa – to separate
Firqat Allah = Al-Firqah
The Division
Furqat Allah = Al-Furqah
The Separation
Shatr (2:114)
Shatter
Amazon’s services in Arabic
Amazon – Fire Stick (Naar)
Amazon – Kindle (Sallaa)
Amazon – Home (Bayt)
Amazon – Alexa (Al Aqsa)
Amazon – Prime (Awwal)
Batn (3:35)
Button
Belly Button
Belly
Womb
Ya Laytani (4:73)
Litany
Sidrat Al Muntaha (53:14)
Cedar of The Finality
Ashab al-Aykah (15:78)
Companions of The Oak
Ash-Shaytān (2:36)
Shaytān – Satan
Satan – Hurler/Thrower of Insults
Shit (Verb) – Excrete filth from the body
Shit (Noun) – Excreted filth
Sat (Punjabi) – Throw
“Chatting shit” or “bullshitting” – Spewing (telling) lies / falsehoods / distorting the truth. [Horned] bull symbolical of satanic bull worship, thus bullshit (bull’s shit i.e. Shaytan’s shit – Satanic information i.e. lies and falsehoods)
Asateer (6:25)
Asateer (legends/tales)
Satire
Sitar
Star
Story
His Story
History
Movie star
Actor
Satire actor
Sitar
Astor
Astro
Astrolabe
Al-asturlab
Sitarhiyab
Latinized Arabic names
Avicena – Ibn Sina
Averroes – Ibn Rushd
Alpharabius – Al-Farabi
Alhazen – Al-Haytham
Maimonides – Moshe ben Maimon – Musa Ibn Mu’min
Rhazes – Abu Bakr Al-Razi
Burckhardt – Bukhari
Agamemnon – Agha Mamnun
Agamemnon
Agha Mamnun
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agamemnon
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/ممنون
https://www.arabic-names.com/names/agha
Poseidon – Ba’al Seidun
Poseidon
Ba’al Sidon
Ba’al Seidun
Kufr (2:88)
Cover, covering the ears
Kufr – Cover (synonyms: Conceal, Hide, Denial with hindering evidence)
Sabr (2:45)
Sober
Savour
Save
Severe
Perseverance
Per-Sabr-ance
Per-Sabir-ance
“savour” the food for it’s taste
Quraysh (106:1)
Quraysh
Qarsh
Qrsh
Shrq – east, sunrise, illumination
Shkr – gratitude
Shrk – idolatry, incorporation
Shirk
Shark
Qarsh – Shark
Quraysh -> Kowresh -> Kurush -> Cyrus
Animal
An-naml (“the ant”) (27:18)
Al-An’am (animals) (39:6)
Fasād (5:32)
Facade
Maraja (25:53, 55:19)
Merge
Emerge
Emergency
E-merge
E-merge-ncy
Babil (2:102)
Bible
Babble
Byblos
Bibliothèque
Babylon/Babel
Qamar (54:1)
CameraComrade
Comer
Cymru (Wales)
Cimmerians
Gomer
Camry (Toyota)
Toor (52:1)
Tower
Tor (Browser)
Turret
Torus (field)
Tier
Tyr (norse deity)
Tarf (11:114)
Turf
Tariff
Qasr (22:45)
Castle
Castello
Qaeser
Caesar
Kaiser
Tsar
Madyan (22:44)
Median
Maiden
Wazeer (20:29)
Vizier
Wizard
As-Sāmiriyy (20:85)
Samiri
Samarian
Sumerian
Samaritan
Samurai
Fāṭir (6:14)
Fater (Creator)
Father
Maṭar (4:102)
Mother
Matter
Materia