Word origins

• shuraA body that provides counsel to a leader.
• HamadA male given name from Arabic.
• casbahThe fortress in a city in North Africa or the Middle East.
• JamilA surname.
• fiqhJurisprudence in the Islamic law, shari'a.
• SalukiAn ancient sighthound breed of dog with a silky coat originating in the Middle East, once sacred to the Egyptians.
• ghulamA personal guard to the shah of Persia.
• wawTo stir; move; wave.
• KarnakA temple complex in Egypt, located on the site of the ancient Thebes.
• abedIn bed, or on the bed; confined to bed.
• shatSynonym of shatter (“a pine needle”).
• mazarA mausoleum or shrine in the Arab world.
• HammametA town in Tunisia, in the northeast of the country.
• darsA lesson on a topic in the Qurʾān or Sunna.
• SuleimanA male given name from Arabic.
• haramA sin.
• HarunAaron, a prophet in Islam.
• waliA provincial governor in certain Muslim contexts.
• FatehA surname from Arabic.
• SelimA surname from Arabic.
• zainA horse of a dark colour with no lighter spots.
• fajrthe first of the five daily prayers recited by practicing Muslims.
• ISAMA male given name.
• hamadaA high, desert landscape from which most of the sand has been removed by wind erosion
• MansurA transliteration of the Arabic male given name مَنْصُور (manṣūr)
• marahA gratuity in the form of deductions from the gross produce of cultivated lands, granted to a mirasidar.
• FarooqA surname from Arabic.
• raadAn assembly in one of the Boer republics of South Africa.
• QureshiA surname from Arabic.
• misrAn Arab frontier outpost or garrison town, chiefly in the period of early Islamic expansion.
• FarrakhanA surname from Arabic, notably borne by American religious leader Louis Farrakhan.
• zinaAdultery, fornication.
• SaladinThe first sultan of Egypt and Syria and the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty, who led the Muslim opposition to the European crusaders in the Levant.
• kaziA civil judge in Arabic, Persian or Turkish countries.
• anisA surname from Arabic.
• QumranA region on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea in the West Bank, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered.
• SalihA prophet of Islam who prophesied to the people of Thamud.
• ayahA South Asian female servant, maid or nanny, historically, often one working for Europeans in South Asia.
• nasiCooked rice.
• iwanA large, vaulted chamber with a monumental arched opening on one side.
• samarraA city in Iraq, on the east bank of the Tigris. In medieval times, it was the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate.
• QudsSynonym of al-Quds, Jerusalem as the capital city of Palestine.
• SanyaA female given name from Russian.
• SayyidArabic equivalent of English Mr., Sir, Lord or Master, or a title of a nobleman.
• curcuminA polyphenol (1E,6E)-1,7-bis(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)hepta-1,6-diene-3,5-dione; a major constituent of the spice turmeric.
• SadiqA surname from Arabic.
• BoutrosA surname from Arabic.
• dibsThe right to use or enjoy something exclusively or before anyone else.
• zahirThe external or apparent meaning of the Qur'an
• siraA traditional Muslim biography of Muhammad.
• JabbarA surname from Arabic.
• JafarA male given name from Arabic, Persian
• ZaidA male given name from Arabic.
• yayaA nanny; female caregiver; nursemaid
• umrahA minor hajj, a lesser pilgrimage to Mecca, other than at the time of the hajj.
• KaderA surname from Arabic.
• MuharramThe first month of the Islamic calendar, when many Islamic communities hold a festival commemorating the deaths of the grandsons of Muhammad.
• hizbeach of the roughly equilongitudinal 60 parts in which the Quran has been traditionally divided to ease its reading and memorization
• HudaA female given name from Arabic.
• RabbA title used for God.
• BadawiA surname from Arabic.
• SafarThe second month of the Islamic calendar.
• RamziA male given name from Arabic.
• Hirathe grotto or cave, in Saudi Arabia, where Muhammad first received the Qur'an from Gabriel.
• sahihAuthentic: said of a hadith that has been preserved and transmitted accurately.
• SOADSystem of a Down, an Armenian-American alternative metal band.
• janjaweedAn Arab militia force in Darfur, western Sudan, which has been in conflict with various Darfur rebel groups.
• kitabAn Islamic book.
• YunusJonah, a major prophet of Islam.
• Alpheccaa binary star in the constellation Corona Borealis, about 75 light years away
• NadeemA surname from Arabic.
• SununuA surname from Arabic.
• QasimQasim, the eldest son of the prophet Muhammad.
• malasA surname.
• Hijrithe Islamic lunar calendar; begins with the migration of Muhammad, 16 July 622 AD; months begin at sunset on the day of visual sighting of the new moon
• MalukuA province of Indonesia. Capital: Ambon.
• AbadiA surname.
• BarghoutiA surname from Arabic.
• AjmanAn emirate of the United Arab Emirates.
• EbrahimA surname from Arabic [in turn originating as a patronymic].
• abidslave
• jamaatParty; community; group; assembly.
• talcumPowdered and perfumed talc for toilet use.
• jihadiA jihadist.
• salatThe obligatory prayer that Muslims are called to perform five times a day and the second of the five pillars of Islam.
• FareedA transliteration of the Arabic male given name فَرِيد (farīd).
• mutatA compensation gift given to a woman when divorced or repudiated by her husband.
• baharA weight used in the 18th and 19th century in the Middle East and the East Indies, of no single standard but rather of varying sizes sometimes termed little bahars and great bahars.
• AhmadiOf or relating to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at (a religious movement based on Sunni Islam).
• JawadA surname from Arabic.
• tubasA city in the West Bank, Palestine.
• MerahA surname from Arabic.
• zahidAn ascetic.
• habibiA surname from Arabic.
• UthmanUthman bin Affan, third Islamic caliph and a companion of Muhammad.
• WaleedA male given name from Arabic, variant of Walid.
• SalamaA surname from Arabic.
• shaheedAn Islamic or Sikh martyr, one who has died fulfilling a religious commandment and is thus promised a place in Paradise.
• 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.