Arabic words in English

• Found something interesting:
  You may think you don't speak Arabic but there are more words of Arabic origin in English than you might expect ...
  
  admiral
  adobe
  alchemy
  alcohol
  alcove
  alembic
  alfalfa
  algebra
  algorithm
  alkali
  almanac
  amalgam
  aniline
  apricot
  arsenal
  arsenic
  artichoke
  assassin
  aubergine
  azure
  barbarian?
  bedouin
  benzine(?)
  Betelgeuse
  bint
  borax
  cable
  calabash
  calibre
  caliph
  camel
  camise
  camphor
  candy
  cane
  cannabis
  carafe
  carat
  caraway
  carmine
  
  
  carob
  casbah
  check
  checkmate
  cinnabar
  cipher
  coffee
  copt
  cotton
  crimson
  crocus
  cumin
  damask
  dhow
  dragoman
  elixir
  emir
  fakir
  fellah
  garble
  gauze
  gazelle
  ghoul
  Gibraltar
  giraffe
  grab
  guitar
  gypsum
  halva
  harem
  hashish
  hazard
  henna
  hookah
  imam
  influenza
  jar
  jasmine
  jerboa
  jessamine
  
  
  jinn
  kafir
  khamsin
  khan
  kismet
  kohl
  lacquer
  lake
  lemon
  lilac
  lime
  lute
  magazine
  mahdi
  marabout
  marzipan
  massacre
  massage
  mastaba
  mate
  mattress
  mecca
  minaret
  mizzen
  mocha
  mohair
  monsoon
  mosque
  muezzin
  mufti
  mullah
  mummy
  muslim
  muslin
  myrrh
  nabob
  nacre
  nadir
  orange
  ottoman
  
  
  popinjay
  racket
  safari
  saffron
  saloop
  sash
  scallion
  senna
  sequin
  serif
  sesame
  shackle
  sheikh
  sherbet
  shrub
  sirocco
  sofa
  spinach
  sudd
  sufi
  sugar
  sultan
  sultana
  syrup
  tabby
  talc
  talisman
  tamarind
  tambourine
  tarboosh
  tare
  tariff
  tarragon
  Trafalgar
  typhoon
  vega
  vizier
  wadi
  zenith
  zero
  28 May 2007, 09:07 Walt

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