Word origins

• jihadiA jihadist.
• habibiA surname from Arabic.
• WaleedA male given name from Arabic, variant of Walid.
• imanifaith (in the context of African-American culture)
• dhowA traditional sailing vessel used along the coasts of Arabia, East Africa, and the Indian Ocean, generally having a single mast and a lateen sail.
• hanifAny person, from before the time of Muhammad, who followed a non-pagan monotheistic religion.
• AyubA surname from Arabic, variant of Ayyub.
• qasrA palace or castle in Middle Eastern countries.
• SousseA city in Tunisia.
• seifA sand dune that elongates parallel to the prevailing wind.
• WasimA male given name from Arabic.
• tahiniA paste made from ground sesame seeds, and used to make hummus, baba ganoush, etc.
• ShabazzA surname.
• HadarThe second brightest star in the constellation of Centaurus, Beta Centauri
• BatenA surname.
• caidA local governor or leader, especially in North Africa or Moorish Spain; an alcaide.
• CassarA surname.
• hashemiteOne who lays claim to being a direct descendant of Hashim, the great grandfather of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
• zouaveOne of a body of soldiers in the French service, originally Kabyle, but now composed of Frenchmen who wear the Kabyle dress.
• alimAn educated scholar of Islamic law; a member of the ulema class
• KufaA city in Iraq.
• MoluccasAn archipelago of Indonesia.
• tobruka type of defensive fighting position originally employed by the Axis forces during their North African campaign.
• KassimA surname.
• RajabThe seventh month of the Islamic calendar.
• IsmailiA follower of Ismailism.
• Thubanα Draconis, a white giant star in the constellation Draco which served as the North Star from about 3942 to 1793 BC.
• NasimA unisex given name from Arabic.
• IlhamA male given name.
• dawahIslamic proselytism, particularly through preaching
• AldebaranOne of the brightest stars in the sky, now recognised to be a binary star in the constellation Taurus (alpha (α) Tauri); an orange giant, 68 light years from Earth.
• sabira lingua franca
• korbanThe ritual sacrifice of a livestock animal at Eid ul-Adha.
• ZeeshanA male given name from Arabic.
• ZamalekCarling Black Label, a brand of beer.
• ShaziaA female given name from Arabic.
• SuhailThe star Lambda Velorum
• BurhanA male given name from Arabic.
• MikhaelA surname from Arabic.
• sirrahA term of address to an inferior male or more commonly a child. A modern-day equivalent would be "little man".
• SafavidRelating to the Safavid dynasty, a Muslim dynasty which ruled Iran between the 16th and 18th centuries.
• SaedA male given name from Arabic.
• DenebA blue giant star in the constellation Cygnus; Alpha (α) Cygni. It forms one corner of the Summer Triangle. Deneb is one of the brightest stars in the night sky, and one of the most luminous stars known.
• wallahA servant or other person responsible for something, often specified before it, for example kitchen wallah.
• zaynThe letter ز in the Arabic script.
• mahbubA gold coin used in the Ottoman Empire.
• MinyaA city, the capital city of Minya governorate, Egypt.
• AjamiNon-Arab; Persian.
• urfThe customs of an Arab society, used in jurisprudence when the Qur'an and Sunnah do not mandate a ruling.
• BasheerA male given name from Arabic.
• sharqiA hot desert wind in an Arabic country, especially in North Africa.
• HindawiA surname from Arabic.
• NazrulA male given name from Arabic
• baijiA freshwater dolphin (†Lipotes vexillifer), only found in the Yangtze River, and declared functionally extinct in 2006.
• AljuniedA neighbourhood in the Central Region of Singapore.
• YarmoukA river in Jordan, Syria and Israel, the largest tributary of the Jordan River.
• latakiaA type of pungent Turkish tobacco.
• shattA Nilo-Saharan language spoken in Sudan.
• kiboshOnly used in put on the kibosh and put the kibosh on: something which checks or restrains.
• LuqmanA sage.
• MuthannaA governorate of Iraq.
• khumsA Shi'ite tax of one-fifth of various profits (e.g. one's surplus income, or business profits).
• kadamA tropical evergreen tree, Neolamarckia cadamba (syn. Anthocephalus indicus, Nauclea cadamba), native to South and Southeast Asia.
• ZuleikaA female given name from Arabic.
• ZaynabA female given name from Arabic.
• dukhanA small restaurant, tavern or shop in the Caucasus and Crimea.
• mukhabaratThe secret police or intelligence forces in certain Arabic-speaking countries.
• SafaviSynonym of Safavid.
• sakinathe divine tranquility obtained by reciting the Qur'an
• halfaSynonym of esparto (“North African grass”).
• athanorA furnace or stove designed and used to maintain uniform heat, primarily used by alchemists.
• JubranA male given name from Arabic.
• nagaraA drum used in folk music in the Caucasus region.
• AbdollahA transliteration of the Persian male given name عبدالله ('abdollâh), variant of Abdullah.
• musnadA collection of hadith arranged according to the Companion who transmitted them from Muhammad.
• maslachAn excitant containing opium, much used historically by the Turks.
• MarashA city in the modern Republic of Turkey, known as Marqasi in Assyrian texts and Germanicia under the Romans.
• maqamA modal structure characterizing the art of music of countries in North Africa, West Asia and Central Asia.
• 48An Arab resident of Israel.
• abdalsa group of saints responsible for the continuing existence of the world
• abdelaviA variety of muskmelon from North Africa and Arabia, Cucumis melo.
• AbdinasirA male given name from Arabic (Islamic).
• Abd-ol-MasihA transliteration of the Persian male given name عبدالمسیح ('abd-ol-masih)
• AbdunnasirA male given name from Arabic.
• abhalThe berry of the juniper, Juniperus communis.
• AboukirA village on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt which contains several ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman structures.
• AbulfedaA geographer and historian (1273–1331).
• AfeefaA female given name from Arabic.
• after Saturday comes SundayA phrase sometimes attributed to fundamentalist Muslims, implying that they wish to kill the Jews, whose sabbath is Saturday, and then the Christians, whose sabbath is Sunday.
• AghlabidAny member of an Arab dynasty of emirs who ruled Ifriqiya and parts of Southern Italy, nominally on behalf of the Abbasid Caliph, from 800–909 CE.
• AhmaudA male given name from Arabic, variant of Ahmad.
• AidennParadise.
• akoubTumble thistle (Gundelia spp., especially species Gundelia tournefortii).
• AlderaminA star in the constellation of Cepheus.
• AlgenibA β Cephei variable subgiant, visible as a third-magnitude blue-white star in the northern constellation of Pegasus, one of four stars in the asterism of the Great Square of Pegasus.
• AlgiediAlpha Capricorni, a double star in the constellation of Capricorn.
• AlhenaThe third brightest star in the constellation of Gemini, γ (gamma) Geminorum
• aljamaA self-governing community of Jews and Moors living under Christian rule in the Iberian Peninsula.
• AlkaidA star in the constellation of Ursa Major, the easternmost star of the Plough.
• al-KanadiA surname from Arabic