I don't speak Arabic -- though I recently ordered the beginner module from Rosetta Stone which still sits in its wrapper on my desk shelf. (I am in the Arab world a lot however and learning more ...

Adheem is Arabic for great. Delve into its root and you’ll find bones – or rather, the Arabic word in its singular form: adhm ...

Arabic for Beginners has been offered by the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Tel Aviv University for many years, with several dozen students interested in the Arabic language and ...

The words that arrived through French include 'azimuth' which in Arabic is 'as-samt' (direction). Another astrological term is 'zenith' that came via French. The origin is Arabic 'samt-ur-rass'.

2. Algebra. Zero and the numerals aren't the only math that English owes to Arabic culture. Algebra comes from Arabic al-jabr, which refers to a reunion of broken parts, like setting a bone.A 9th ...

But the more troubling aspect to all of this is that words from the Arabic world and related to Islam, such as Damascus, Persian ink or Abdul, get picked up and held for review.

For years, claims have connected the root of the word "alcohol" to an Arabic term that purportedly means "body-eating spirit." In a 2023 episode of his podcast, "Hotboxin'," boxer Mike Tyson ...

Out of around 230,000 words making up the Italian vocabulary, over 23,000 are considered to be of foreign origin. And though Arabic may not have had as big of an influence on Italian as other foreign ...

Arabic words or phrases are often used as slang in the racially mixed areas cities or suburbs, before spreading out to a wider population. Niquer Today, niquer is a very colloquial French way of ...