Arabic Words in English
- admiral – "sea commander"
- alcohol – "eyeshadow"
- alcove – "vault"
- algebra – "restoring missing parts"
- amber – "yellow"
- assassin – "hashish user"
- baccalaureate – "Madrassa degrees"
- cipher – "zero"
- elixer – "philosopher's stone"
- garble – "sift"
- gauze – "raw silk"
- harem – "forbidden thing"
- hazard – "chance"
- jar – "large, earthen vase"
- macrame &ndash "embroidered vail"
- mafia – either "boasting" or "outcast"
- magazine – "storehouses"
- mascara – "to ridicule"
- mohair – "having the choice"
- monsoon – "season"
- nadir – "parallel" or "counterpart"
- racquet – "palm of the hand"
- sash – "wrap of muslin"
- sequin – "die" or "coin"
- sofa – "stone ledge"
- tahini – "to grind"
- tamarind – "date of India"
- tariff – "notification"
- zenith – "vertex"
- zero – "cipher"