Word origins

• budjuThe vagina.
• buqshaA former currency unit of Yemen, worth one 40th of a rial.
• BuraqThe horse-like creature that Muhammad is said to have ridden during the Night Journey.
• Burj KhalifaA skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and the world's tallest structure.
• ButnanA district of Libya. Capital: Tobruk.
• buzuqA mandolin-shaped lute of Arab origin, with a long neck, movable frets and two or three strings played with a plectrum.
• by AllahAn oath to emphasize sincerity or truthfulness, by God
• BzeekA surname from Arabic.
• cafilaA caravan of travellers or supplies.
• caphA Delta-Scuti variable giant, visible as a second-magnitude white star in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia, a part of the constellation's prominent W asterism.
• carcadeA form of celebration where a number of car owners drive slowly and sound their horns in a public place, for example after sporting events and weddings.
• carvoneA terpenoid found naturally in many essential oils, most abundant in the oils from seeds of caraway and dill.
• cassabaa Middle Eastern unit of length, in Egypt the 500th part of a parasang (فَرْسَخ (farsaḵ)), about 3.5 metres.
• chaabiA kind of Moroccan popular music.
• ChabaneA male given name from Arabic.
• ChakibA male given name from Arabic.
• ChemamaA region of Mauritania comprised of Gorgol and Guidimaka and the southern parts of her other provinces bordering the Senegal river.
• CherkiA surname from Arabic.
• chermoulaA marinade used in Algerian, Moroccan and Tunisian cooking, made with herbs, oil, lemons, garlic, cumin, and salt.
• coffleA line of people or animals fastened together, especially a chain of prisoners or slaves.
• colcotharPolishing rouge; a reddish-brown oxide of iron, used in polishing glass, and also as a pigment.
• Commander of the FaithfulArabic title of caliphs and other independent sovereign Muslim rulers who claim legitimacy from a community of Muslims.
• cos lettuceSynonym of romaine lettuce, a long-leaved variety of lettuce.
• cossidA courier or messenger.
• cowleA lease, or grant in writing; a safe-conduct, amnesty, etc.
• dabbabaA fairy chess piece that jumps two squares orthogonally (i.e. not diagonally), leaping over any intermediate piece.
• dabb lizardUromastyx geyri, an agamid lizard.
• DaggialAl-Masih ad-Dajjal, an evil figure in Islamic eschatology.
• dahabiehA traditional Egyptian sailing-boat.
• dajjaalThe false messiah, deceiver.
• DakahliaA governorate in north-eastern Egypt.
• daleelevidence
• dammaIn the Arabic script, the vowel point for u, appearing as a small curl placed above a letter ( ـُ ) and designating a short u /u/. If the Arabic letter و (w) immediately follows, it indicates a long ū /uː/.
• daniqA traditional Islamic silver coin weighing one sixth as much as a dinar.
• Dar al-IslamLands that practice Islamic law; the Muslim world.
• Dar es SalaamA region of Tanzania.
• DarijaMaghrebi Arabic, an Arabic dialect continuum spoken in the Maghreb region, in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Ceuta and Melilla (Spain). (Western Arabic)
• dawn prayerfajr, the first of the five daily prayers offered by practising Muslims.
• Deir ez-ZorA city in the Deir ez-Zor governorate, Syria
• Deneb KaitosThe brightest star in the constellation Cetus.
• DenebokabEta Aquilae, a supergiant star in the constellation of Aquila.
• DenebolaBeta Leonis, the second-brightest star in the constellation of Leo.
• DernaA city and port in Derna district, in north-eastern Libya.
• DerradjiA transliteration of the Arabic surname دراجي.
• Dhat al-HumamA former city in Egypt.
• Dhu al-QidaThe eleventh month of the Islamic calendar.
• Dhu'l-HijjaThe twelfth and final month of the Islamic calendar, during which the hajj takes place.
• Dhu'l-KiflA prophet of Islam, sometimes identified with Ezekiel in the Bible.
• Dhu'l-Qa'daThe eleventh month of the Islamic calendar.
• Dhu'l-QarnaynThe powerful ruler (traditionally believed to be a reference to Alexander the Great) who built the wall that keeps Gog and Magog from attacking mankind.
• diebA canine of northern Africa, the African wolf (Canis lupaster, formerly considered an African variant of the golden jackal, Canis aureus).
• dikkaA tribune raised upon columns from which the Qur'an is recited and prayers are intoned by the Imam of a mosque.
• DimashqSynonym of Damascus: The capital city of Syria; an ancient settlement, the ancient capital of various polities, most notably the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 744 CE and Aram-Damascus, existing from the 12th to 8th centuries BCE.
• DiphdaThe brightest star in the constellation of Cetus.
• dishdashaAn ankle-length robe with long sleeves worn by some Arab men.
• diyyaA financial compensation paid, under sharia law, to the victim or their heirs in cases of homicide, bodily harm, or property damage (in some cases the victim side must accept this payment, while in others it can insist on talion instead).
• DjelfaA city in Algeria.
• dokhaA form of uncured, minimally processed tobacco from the Middle East.
• Dome of the RockA shrine, located on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, which contains the Foundation Stone.
• domiatia soft white salty cheese made primarily in Egypt
• doum palmA palm tree of species Hyphaene thebaica, with edible oval fruit, native to northern Africa and some countries of the Levant.
• dourinecovering sickness
• dragon's wortA perennial herb, tarragon, Artemisia dracunculus.
• DschubbaA star in the constellation Scorpio.
• du'a'A prayer; (specifically), a private prayer by an individual said in addition to the five daily prayers of Islam.
• duarA camp or village of tents in an Arabic country.
• dukkahAn Egyptian dry mixture of chopped nuts, seeds and Middle Eastern spices, usually eaten by dipping bread into olive oil and then into the mixture.
• dullaAn inflatable sac in the throats of camels, displayed out of the mouth when in rut to assert dominance and attract females
• DuqmA port town in Oman in the Al Wusta governorate on the coastal strip of the Arabian Sea open to the Indian Ocean.
• durraA kind of millet, a variety of sorghum; Indian millet (Sorghum bicolor).
• Eastern ArabiaA historical region of the Arabian Peninsula along the Persian Gulf, corresponding broadly to the eastern coastal areas of the peninsula in present-day Gulf states.
• Eastern ProvinceA province of Sri Lanka. Capital: Trincomalee.
• Eid al-AdhaAn Islamic festival commemorating the prophet Ibrahim's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail to Allah.
• Eid al-FitrThe religious festival at the end of Ramadan, on the first day of the tenth month of the Muslim lunar calendar.
• Eid al-GhadeerAn Islamic festival that marks the nomination of Ali as the successor of Mohammed.
• Eid al-SaghirSynonym of Eid al-Fitr
• eidiyahA gift, especially money, given to children on Islamic Eids.
• eid mubarakA customary Muslim greeting on the days of Eid ul-Adha and Eid ul-Fitr at the end of Ramadan.
• ElkhatibA surname from Arabic.
• El MinyaSynonym of Minya (“place in Upper Egypt”).
• El MouroujA town and commune in the southern suburbs of Tunis in the Ben Arous Governorate, Tunisia.
• ElnathThe second-brightest star in the constellation of Taurus.
• El-ObeidA city, the capital of North Kordofan state, Sudan.
• EltaninAn orange giant star, the brightest in the constellation of Draco.
• El Wadi El GedidSynonym of New Valley.
• Empty QuarterA desert encompassing most of the southern third of the Arabian Peninsula.
• EnifA type-LC irregular variable supergiant, visible as a second-magnitude orange star, or telescopically as an apparent triple star, marking the nose of the horse in the northern constellation of Pegasus.
• Et-TellAn archaeological site in Israel popularly thought to be the biblical city of Ai.
• ezbaIn the Arab World, a plot of farmland with its associated buildings.
• FaizanA male given name from Arabic.
• FakhouryA surname from Arabic.
• falakaA torture method consisting of whipping a person's bare feet.
• FalasteenPalestine (a country in Western Asia)
• false dawnA thin ambient light which precedes true dawn, typically by around an hour, in certain parts of the world.
• farasolaA unit of weight formerly used in trade in the Indian seas, generally varying from about 20 to 30 pounds.
• Farewell SermonA sermon given by Muhammad in 632 on Mount Arafat.
• FarhudA pogrom against the Jews in Baghdad, Iraq in 1941.
• Faridpur DistrictOne of the thirteen districts in the Dhaka Division of Bangladesh.
• farmlaA traditional vest worn by men in Tunisia and Libya.
• Farthest Mosquethe Temple Mount (Al-Aqsa compound) in Jerusalem