English words of ARABIC origin!

In this clip I talk about some English words of Arabic origin, and words that entered European languages via Arabic but trace back further to other languages.

[IssaMeMariooo]

Admiral actually comes from Amir Al-Bahr, meaning "Comannder of the sea", in English it got shortened to "Amir Al-" (Commander of the-) and the meaning changed to mean an admiral of any branch of the military and not strictly the navy.

[Random_UserName]

Many “Al” words in English (or Spanish) come from Arabic.

Algebra is another big one.

[Ayte]

"magazijn" can mean a place where you store things in Dutch!

[Mafia_マフィア]

abelmosk : حب المسك

admiral : أمير البحار

adobe : الطوب

albacore : الباكورة

albatross : الغطاس

alchemy : الخيمياء

chemistry : الكيمياء

alcohol : الكحول

alcove : القبة

alembic : الإنبيق

alfalfa : العلف

algebra : الجبر

algorithm \ algorism : الخوارزمية

alidade : العضادة

alizarin : العصارة

alkali : القلي

alkanet : الحنة

almanac : المناخ

amber : عنبر

anil : نيلة

aniline : النيلي

apricot : البرقوق

arsenal : دار الصناعة

artichoke : الأرضي - شوكي

assassin : حشاشين

attar : عطار

aubergine : الباذنجان

average : عوار\عوارية

azimuth : سمت

azure : لازورد

barbican : باب خانة

barrio : بري

benzoin : لبان جاوي

berseem : برسيم

bezoar : بازهر

Borax : بورق

burnous / burnoose : بُرنُس

Cable : حبل أو كَبل

caliber : قالب

camel : جمل

camera : قُمرة

Camise : قميص

camphor : كافور

candy : قند

carafe : غرّافة

caramel : كرة محلاة

carat : قيراط

caraway : كروياء

carmine : قِرْمِز

carob : خرّوب

carrack : قرقور

checkmate : شاه مات

chemistry : كيمياء

Cheque : صَكّ

chiffon : شَفّ عن

cipher : صفر

civet : زباد

coffee : قهوة

cotton : قطن

cubeb : كَبَابَة

Cumin : كمون

curcuma / Crocus : كركم

date : دقل

divan : ديوان

dragoman : ترجمان

drub : ضرب

elixir : الإكسير

emir : أمير

Fakir : فقير

fennec : فنك

fustic : فستق

gala : خِلعة

garble : غربال

gauze : قز

gazelle : غزال

ghoul : غول

gibberish : جابري

giraffe : زرافة

Guitar : قيثارة

harem : حريم

hashish : حشيش

hazard : الزهر

henna : حناء

Ifrit - efreet - ifreet - afrit - afreet : عفريت

jacket : شَكّ

jar : جرة

jasmine / jessamine : ياسمين

jerboa / gerbil : يربوع

jinn / genie : جن

julep : جلاب

Jumper : جبة

kermes - crimson : قرمز

kismet : قسمة

kohl : كحل

lacquer : لك

Leban : لبن

Lemon : ليمون

lilac : ليلك

lime : ليمة

loofah : لوفة أو ليف

lute : العود

macrame : مقرمة

mafia : مرفوض

magazine : مخزن

marcasite : مرقشيثا

Marid : مارد

mascara : مسكرة

massage : مس

mattress : مطرح

mocha : المخا

mohair : مُخّير

monsoon : موسم

Mulatto : مُوَلَّد

mummy : مومياء

muslin : موصلي

nadir : نظير

nucha : نخاع

nunation : تنوين

orange : نارنج

popinjay : ببغاء

qat / khat : قات

quintal : قنطار

racquet or 'racket' : راحة اليد

realgar : رهج الغار

ream : رزمة

rice : رز

risk : رزق

roc : رخ

safari : سفار

saffron : زعفران

Saluki : سلوقي

sash : شاش

satin : نسيج أطلس الزيتون

sequin : سكة

serendipity : سرنديب

sesame : سمسم

sherbet - sorbet - shrub - syrup : شراب ، شربات

soda - Sodium : صداع

sofa : صُفّة

spinach : سبانخ

sugar : سكر

sumac : سمَاق

tabby : عتابي

tahini : طحينة

talc : طلق

talisman : طلاسم

tamarind : تمر هندي

tare : طرحة

tariff : تعريفة

tarragon : طرخون

tazza : طاسة - طشت / وعاء

tobacco : طُبّاق

toque : طاقية

Trafalgar : طرف الغار

traffic : تفريق

zenith : سمت الرأس

zero : صفر

[hoangkimviet]

We also have alchemy, algebra, algorithm, arsenal, candy, checkmate, cipher, zero, etc.

[sambas]

Lemon = laimoon

Magazine= makhzan = store room/ storage .

English = Sugar / shakkar Urdu or Sanskrit / Arabic =sukkar

cotton = qutton Arabic.

I read even 'sheriff ' is from Arabic language= sharif

And the most interesting for me is
Modern day destination 'HONOLULU '

as lulu is a Arabic word for pearl & hono is referred as ' here '.. 'hina '/ هنا.
Making sense, literally translating it as, "here is pearl ".

[gershomkoinei]

Damn, “coffee” walked the entire geological timeline

[IbrahimSayed]

"Chemise" in Fench, was taken from "قميص" in Arabic. And It was mentioned in the holy Quran.

[icarogaya]

We use the word "Magazine" in Portuguese (BR) to denominate a place who sells every kind of stuff.

[FakenameStevens]

Zero came from the Italian version of sifr which means zero. There are so many fundamental words from Arabic.

[mcswordfish]

Potassium has symbol K from the Arabic "Al Kali" for Potash

[FollowerOfAs-Salaf]

Best thing you mentioned is that you don't drink alcohol, a good man!

[krillin]

Sugar in sanskrit is called "sharkara" (शर्करा)...

[isa.sharif]

The difference between a "Language" channel and a clickbaity "Did You Know?" channel is the part between 00:46 - 01:08, where you made it clear that when we say a word was borrowed from language X (e.g. Arabic) it doesn't negate the role of other languages before it

I'm Arab BTW 👍

[ehjkdlt]

Magasin translates to warehouse from Swedish ironically enough

[Noradory]

I wish you had included the original arabic words to all the words you listed in this video

[wafe]

اللغه العربيه ام اللغات❤ولغة أهل الجنة ❤

[fads]

your knowledge never fails to amaze me

[bouaounirafik]

Arabic and semitic language are underrated.

[Palestina.non.grata]

'Zaytoon' is olive and oil is 'zayt.' My wife is Brazilian and she was amazed at the amount of Arabic loanwords in Portuguese, 'azeitona' being olive and 'azeite' being oil.