Word origins

• MinhajA surname
• MintakaA multiple star in the constellation of Orion; Delta (δ) Orionis, one of the three stars that form Orion's Belt.
• mintaqahA first-level country subdivision used in Saudi Arabia and several other Arab countries.
• mirachThe abdominal wall.
• MirfakAlpha Persei, a yellow supergiant star in the constellation of Perseus.
• MirzamSynonym of Beta Canis Majoris.
• mohurrerA clerk or writer in a native language.
• monitor lizardAny of various large carnivorous lizards of the family Varanidae, all of whose extant species are of genus Varanus, native to Africa, Asia and Australia.
• MonufiaA governorate in north-eastern Egypt.
• MoslawiA citizen or resident of Mosul.
• muhafazahAn administrative division in many Arab countries; a governorate or province.
• muhammaraA Middle Eastern dip made with walnuts, red peppers, and other ingredients.
• mujaddaraA traditional Middle Eastern dish of lentils cooked with rice or bulgur
• mukataaA headquarters or administrative center in Arabic countries.
• mulaiA title for the ruler of Morocco.
• muqarnasA type of corbel used for decoration in Islamic and Persian architecture.
• muraqabahSufi meditation
• Murji'ahAn early Islamic school of divinity.
• musakhanA Palestinian dish of roast chicken baked with onions, pine nuts, and seasonings, served over tabun bread.
• mushboohOf food: neither obviously haram nor obviously halal, thus doubtful or suspect in terms of whether Muslims are allowed to consume it.
• mutakallimA scholar of kalam.
• mutawaA member of the religious police in Saudi Arabia.
• mutawalliPerson entrusted with a waqf.
• NassimaA female given name from Arabic, the female version of the title Nassim.
• nathr sauma votive fast
• NaufalA male given name.
• Nawabganj DistrictOne of the eight districts in the Rajshahi Division of Bangladesh.
• nefaschAny fish of the genus Distichodus.
• NeomA planned city in Saudi Arabia.
• NouadhibouA city in northwestern Mauritania.
• NuwaubianA member of the Nuwaubian Nation, a black-supremacist religious movement originally based on Islam and later on Ancient Egyptian and extraterrestrial themes.
• omlahA staff of native clerks or officials in colonial Bengal.
• PhecdaGamma Ursae Majoris, a star in the constellation of Ursa Major.
• qadarDivine intervention in the affairs of humans; fate, predestination.
• QarmatianA member of a religious group combining elements of the Ismaili Shi'i branch of Islam with Persian mysticism, founded by Hamdan Qarmat and centered in eastern Arabia, where they attempted to establish a utopian republic in 899 CE.
• qasabAn ancient Arabian measurement of volume representing the amount of water sufficient to irrigate a certain amount of land for a given time period, the exact values varying between regions.
• qasidaAn Arabic or Persian elegiac monorhyme poem, usually having a tripartite structure.
• qiranA former currency of Iran (from 1825 to 1932), subdivided into 20 shahi or 1000 dinar and worth one tenth of a toman.
• qiyamA form of optional prayer prayed during the night, preceding the ruku.
• quebrithsulfur
• RaghdaA female given name from Arabic.
• RaisiA transliteration of the Persian surname رئیسی (ra'isi)
• Ras AlgethiAlpha Herculis, the brightest star in the constellation of Hercules
• Resafaa fortified city in Syria
• RidvánA twelve-day-long festival in the Baháʼí Faith commemorating a declaration by Baháʼu'lláh that he was a Manifestation of God.
• sadikihomebrew alcohol; moonshine
• SaiphA blue star in the constellation Orion; Kappa (κ) Orionis.
• SameeA male given name from Arabic.
• SamiyahA female given name from Arabic, masculine equivalent Sami.
• santimA subunit of Latvian currency. 100 santims equal a lat.
• SarsarA cold and piercing wind (especially one in an Arabic-speaking area).
• sawmFasting, abstention, abstinence; the third of the five pillars of Islam.
• s.a.w.w.peace be upon him
• SayhadicOld South Arabian, a subfamily within Semitic.
• ScheatA semiregular variable red giant, visible as a second-magnitude orange-red star in the northern constellation of Pegasus, one of four stars in the asterism of the Great Square of Pegasus.
• seacunnyA lascar helmsman.
• sebilA fountain, a small structure in a Muslim area where water is freely dispensed to members of the public.
• secretary birdA large terrestrial bird of prey, Sagittarius serpentarius, native to Africa with very long legs that preys on reptiles, especially snakes.
• shabkaAn engagement ring (traditionally with a golden net), symbolizing the intertwining or tying together of the couple.
• Shariatpur DistrictOne of the thirteen districts in the Dhaka Division of Bangladesh.
• Shariff AguakA municipality of Maguindanao del Sur, Philippines.
• SharqiaA governorate in north-eastern Egypt.
• Shatt al-ArabA river in Southwest Iraq, formed by the confluence of the Euphrates and the Tigris; the southern end of the river constitutes the border between Iraq and Iran down to the mouth of the river as it discharges into the Persian Gulf.
• simoomA hot, dry, suffocating, dust-laden wind of the desert, particularly of Arabia, Syria, and neighboring countries, generated by the extreme heat of the parched deserts or sandy plains.
• Sirajganj DistrictOne of the eight districts in the Rajshahi Division of Bangladesh.
• sirwalA form of baggy trousers worn in North Africa, the Arab world, and parts of the Balkans.
• siryahAny of the battles in which the Islamic prophet Muhammad personally did not participate but to which he sent Sahabis.
• SofanaA female given name from Arabic.
• suddersupreme; chief
• su'lukA type of pre-Islamic Arabic vagabond, living outside settled society, and often associated with writing poetry.
• taghutidolatry; the worship of anything except Allah
• tahinetahini (sesame paste)
• takbirA proclamation of the greatness of God, Allahu akbar.
• takiyyaIn Arabic-speaking parts of the Ottoman Empire, a Sufi convent.
• taklifResponsibility or obligation.
• TalukderAn Asian and Pacific Islander surname.
• tannourA primitive clay oven used in the Arab World.
• taqlidConformity to traditional legal decisions in Shari'a jurisprudence.
• TaymaA large oasis located in northwestern Saudi Arabia.
• taziaA representation of the tombs of Hasan and Husayn (the grandsons of Muhammad), carried in the South Asian and Indo-Caribbean Shiite processions of Muharram.
• Tell JadidA village in Barri Sharqi, Salamiyah district, Hama governorate, Syria.
• ThamudA member of a people of ancient Arabia, known from the first millennium B.C.E. to near the time of Muhammad, and according to the Qur'an punished and destroyed by an earthquake.
• thobeAn ankle-length robe with long sleeves, worn by some Arab men and traditionally by Palestinian women.
• tincalcrude native borax, formerly imported from Tibet, and once the chief source of boric compounds
• ToobaA transliteration of the Urdu female given name طوبیٰ (tobā).
• toumA garlic condiment common in the Levant, similar to aioli, made with garlic, salt, olive or vegetable oil, lemon juice, and sometimes mint.
• UsainA male given name
• Vizier AzemA grand vizier.
• waazAn Islamic sermon
• wahyThe inspirational revelation of the Qur'an to Muhammad.
• wajib sauma required fast, such as that celebrating Ramadan
• waledA male given name from Arabic, variant of Walid.
• wallahiI swear to God; used to add emphasis.
• WasitA city in Iraq.
• YamilethA female given name from Spanish.
• Yawm al-DinJudgment Day
• zadakatVoluntary alms, or righteous acts.
• zajalA traditional Arabic form of oral strophic poetry declaimed in a colloquial dialect.
• zamouseA West African buffalo, Syncerus caffer brachyceros, with short horns and large ears.
• zaratanIn Arabic folklore, an extremely large (sea) turtle, the shell of which resembles an island.