English words from North Levantine Arabic
- HomsA city, the capital of the governorate of Homs, in western Syria.
- mukhtarA minor official—usually overseeing a village or town—in many Arab countries and (historical) in the Ottoman Empire and its successor states, including Turkey, Northern Cyprus, and formerly Albania.
- BaalbekThe capital city of Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon.
- arabiyehAn Arabic native cart or carriage.
- dabkeA folk dance of the Levant.
- HomsiOf or pertaining to Homs.
- KeserwanA region and eponymous administrative district of Lebanon
- labnehYogurt that has been strained to filter or remove the whey and thus has a consistency between that of yogurt and cheese.
- moghrabiehSmall dough balls in Levantine cuisine made from hand-rolled flour, resembling couscous but larger in diameter.
- mudardaraSynonym of mujaddara (“dish made of lentils, onions, and rice or bulgur”).
- sambusakA Levantine dumpling filled with minced meat or cheese.
- sfihaAn Arab pizza-like dish, traditionally an open-faced meat pie made with ground mutton.
- shabihaA state-sponsored militia of the Syrian government.