Word origins

• niqabA veil which covers the face (except for the eyes), worn by some Muslim women as a part of sartorial hijab.
• nisabA minimum amount of wealth beyond which one must pay zakat (alms).
• nisbaAn Arabic derivational adjective formed with the suffix ـِيّ m (-iyy) / ـِيَّة f (-iyya), or the equivalent construction in another Semitic (or other Afroasiatic) language.
• nisnasErythrocebus patas pyrrhonotus, the eastern subspecies of patas monkey.
• NizamiyyaAny one of educational institutions founded in the 11th century by Nizam al-Mulk, vizier of the Saljuq Empire
• NizariA member of the largest branch of the Ismaili Shi'i Muslims. Their teachings emphasize ijtihad, pluralism, and social justice.
• Noble SanctuaryThe Temple Mount, when viewed as an Islamic holy site (specifically, the third holiest site).
• North SinaiA governorate in north-eastern Egypt.
• NouadhibouA city in northwestern Mauritania.
• noun of placeIn Arabic and other Semitic languages, a noun formed from a root and expressing the sense of "place of X".
• nuggarAn Arab sailing boat used for trading and transporting supplies.
• nuggerAn Egyptian sailing boat with a square sail that is tilted at an angle to the mast.
• nunationIn Standard Arabic, The use of a suffix ("-n") signifying a lack of syntactical definiteness of the noun or adjective.
• nunnationA stammering speech disorder, in which the /n/ sound is given to other consonants.
• NuwaubianA member of the Nuwaubian Nation, a black-supremacist religious movement originally based on Islam and later on Ancient Egyptian and extraterrestrial themes.
• ockyBrother, a close male friend or associate alternative form of ock
• omlahA staff of native clerks or officials in colonial Bengal.
• oriental danceSynonym of belly dance.
• oshacThe perennial herb Dorema ammoniacum, whose stem yields ammoniacum.
• oxeyeHeliopsis spp.
• peace be upon himan honorific phrase used by Muslims after any mention in speech or print of holy persons
• People of the BookNon-Muslim adherents of religions based on holy scripture, especially of the Abrahamic religions.
• People's Democratic Republic of AlgeriaOfficial name of Algeria: a country in North Africa.
• PerimA volcanic island in the Strait of Mandeb at the south entrance into the Red Sea, off the south-west coast of Yemen.
• PhecdaGamma Ursae Majoris, a star in the constellation of Ursa Major.
• Pherkadγ Ursae Minoris, a star in the constellation Ursa Minor, formerly a dual North Star with Kochab from about 1000 BC to about AD 300.
• qadadA waterproof surface of lime plaster treated with slaked lime, oils and fats, used in the ancient Arab world.
• qadarDivine intervention in the affairs of humans; fate, predestination.
• QadiriyyaA member of a particular fundamentalist Sufi order.
• qafizA traditional Arab unit of volume, varying over time, place, and substance measured.
• QalandiaA village in Jerusalem Govenorate, West Bank, Palestine.
• QalyubiyyaA governorate in north-eastern Egypt.
• qareenA jinn who acts as a person's spiritual double and may influence them to do evil.
• 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.
• QatabanAn ancient South Semitic-speaking kingdom in ancient Yemen that existed from the early 1st millennium BCE until the late 1st or 2nd centuries CE.
• qatayefSweet dumplings filled with cream or nuts, traditionally served in Arab communities during Ramadan.
• qawwalA person who performs qawwali music or song.
• qazfFalse accusation of adultery (zina).
• QenaA city, the capital city of Qena governorate, Egypt
• qibliIn the direction of qibla.
• qiranA former currency of Iran (from 1825 to 1932), subdivided into 20 shahi or 1000 dinar and worth one tenth of a toman.
• qiratA unit of weight, one twentieth of a mithqal.
• qisasUnder sharia law, the principle of retaliation in kind, or retributive justice.
• qishtaA coagulated milk product prepared from heated fresh milk, found in southern Mediterranean cuisines.
• qiyamA form of optional prayer prayed during the night, preceding the ruku.
• qubbaA tomb structure in the Arab world, particularly an Islamic domed shrine.
• quebrithsulfur
• QuneitraA city in the Quneitra governorate, Syria
• Qur'anA specific version, edition, translation, or copy of one of the above-mentioned book.
• QuraniyoonA denomination in Islam that generally rejects the authoritative role of hadiths, and considers the Qur'an to be the only dependable religious text.
• qurshA monetary unit in Saudi Arabia equivalent to a twentieth of a rial.
• rababAn Arabian stringed instrument, played by plucking or with a bow.
• rabadiA creamy dessert made from sweetened yoghurt.
• RaghdaA female given name from Arabic.
• RaisiA transliteration of the Persian surname رئیسی (ra'isi)
• rak'aA sequence of movements (including recitation, bowing, and prostration) that constitutes one of two to four cycles of Islamic prayer (salat).
• Ramadan mubarakAn expression used during Ramadan to wish someone a happy time during the holiday.
• raqiAn authorized practitioner who performs ruqyah on someone who is sick or affected by spiritual ailments.
• RaqqaA city in Syria located on the northeast bank of the Euphrates river, about 99 miles east of Aleppo.
• Ras AlgethiAlpha Herculis, the brightest star in the constellation of Hercules
• Ras al-KhaimahAn emirate of the United Arab Emirates.
• ras el hanoutA variable mixture of spices, found in Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco.
• RashidunOf, relating to, or belonging to these caliphs.
• rasmThe base shape of an Arabic-script letter, without dots that distinguish it from other letters.
• Ras ShamraA place in northern Syria, the site of the ancient Ugarit.
• ra'yIn early fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), a personal opinion in adapting Shari'a law.
• RayaneA male given name from Arabic, variant of Rayan.
• rebabA stringed musical instrument, related to the lute, used especially in Islamic countries
• rechtaA dish of pasta cut into thin strips, typical of Algeria.
• RedhaA male given name from Arabic.
• Resafaa fortified city in Syria
• Res et-TeibSynonym of Cape Bon.
• rhaitaA shawm used as a traditional musical instrument in Morocco.
• RhedaA male given name from Arabic.
• Rhumel RiverA river in Constantine, Algeria.
• ribatA border or frontier guardpost.
• riddahApostasy.
• RidvánA twelve-day-long festival in the Baháʼí Faith commemorating a declaration by Baháʼu'lláh that he was a Manifestation of God.
• riqRadio-intermediate quasar.
• riq'aA simple style of Arabic calligraphy, common in everyday handwriting.
• rotalOf or relating to wheels.
• rottolA former Middle Eastern and North African unit of dry weight, usually between 1–5 pounds (0.5–2.5 kg).
• rubaiA quatrain in classical Arabic, Persian, Turkic or Urdu poetry.
• ruku'The act of bowing as part of Islamic prayer.
• ruqyahAn Islamic spiritual healing practice involving the recitation of Qur'anic verses, specifically Surah Al-Fatiha and the last three Surahs along with a du'a' to seek refuge in Allah.
• SaadehA surname from Arabic.
• sabkhaAn area of coastal salt flats, especially in North Africa and Arabia.
• sadaqaAlms, charity.
• sadenThe custodian of a shrine.
• sadikihomebrew alcohol; moonshine
• SadounA male given name from Arabic.
• SaffarA surname from Arabic.
• Saguia el-HamraOne of the two territories (the other being Río de Oro) that formed the Spanish province of Spanish Sahara after 1969.
• sahabiA (usually male) companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
• SahidicA Coptic dialect that was spoken in southern Egypt.
• ṢaʽīdiA person or inhabitant of Upper Egypt.
• SaiphA blue star in the constellation Orion; Kappa (κ) Orionis.
• SakhirA region of Southern Governorate, Bahrain.