Word origins

• jeemThe letter ج in the Arabic script.
• sukukA bond that generates a return to an investor without infringing Islamic laws against interest.
• MarashA city in the modern Republic of Turkey, known as Marqasi in Assyrian texts and Germanicia under the Romans.
• HasibA male given name from Arabic.
• sawtA style of urban popular music associated mainly with Kuwait and Bahrain.
• RassiA surname from Arabic.
• maqamA modal structure characterizing the art of music of countries in North Africa, West Asia and Central Asia.
• SerendibAn ancient name of Ceylon or Sri Lanka.
• ZamzamAn Islamic holy well in Mecca, supposed to have been miraculously generated by Allah when Abraham's infant son Ishmael was crying for water.
• FomalhautThe brightest star in the constellation Piscis Austrinus and one of the brightest stars in the night sky; Alpha (α) Piscis Austrini.
• 10th of RamadanA city in Sharqia Governorate, Egypt.
• 48An Arab resident of Israel.
• 6th of OctoberA satellite city of Cairo in Giza governate, Egypt.
• AbaaoudA surname from Arabic.
• AbabdaA member of a nomadic Beja people of upper Egypt.
• AbabilA race of tiny birds.
• abdalsa group of saints responsible for the continuing existence of the world
• abdelaviA variety of muskmelon from North Africa and Arabia, Cucumis melo.
• AbdelghaniA male given name from Arabic.
• AbdelhamidA male given name from Arabic.
• AbdelkrimA male given name from Arabic.
• AbdelrahmanA surname from Arabic.
• AbdeslamA male given name from Arabic
• AbdinasirA male given name from Arabic (Islamic).
• Abd-ol-MasihA transliteration of the Persian male given name عبدالمسیح ('abd-ol-masih)
• AbdulazeezA male given name from Arabic
• AbdullatifAn Islamic male given name from Arabic.
• AbdulmalikA male given name from Arabic.
• AbdulrazzakA male given name from Arabic.
• AbdunnasirA male given name from Arabic.
• abhalThe berry of the juniper, Juniperus communis.
• abjadA writing system for Arabic, historically also employed as a numeral system, in which there is one glyph (symbol or letter) for each consonant but vowels are not specified.
• ablaqAlternating light and dark stone, as used in (especially Arabic) architecture.
• AboubacarA male given name.
• AboukirA village on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt which contains several ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman structures.
• AbqaiqA Saudi Aramco gated community and oil-processing facilities located in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.
• Abu DhabiThe capital city of the United Arab Emirates; the capital of Abu Dhabi emirate.
• Abu El MatamirA city in Beheira governorate, Egypt.
• Abu GreinA village in northern Libya, between Misrata and Sirte, at the junction of two major roads.
• AbulfedaA geographer and historian (1273–1331).
• Abu Qasimkunya of Muhammad
• AbushanabA surname.
• Abu SimbelA village, in the Aswan area of Egypt, that is the site of several ancient temples.
• AchrafA male given name from Arabic.
• AdooA guerrilla movement in Oman, ca. 1970 C.E.
• AduwallahThe Enemy of God; Satan; Iblis.
• AfeefaA female given name from Arabic.
• aflajAn irrigation system which catches mountain water and controls its movement down man-made subterranean channels, found in Oman.
• 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.
• agalcord that is fastened around the keffiyeh
• 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.
• AjamA non-Arab.
• akhirahafterlife
• AkkariA surname.
• akoubTumble thistle (Gundelia spp., especially species Gundelia tournefortii).
• AkrouhA surname from Arabic.
• Al AinA city in the United Arab Emirates.
• AlaliA surname from Arabic.
• al-Amina nickname of Muhammad, meaning the trusted one
• Al-AndalusThe Muslim-ruled region in present-day Spain and Portugal (from 711–1492 C.E.).
• AlauddinA male given name from Arabic.
• AlderaminA star in the constellation of Cepheus.
• Al-Dhira'The two pairs of stars α and β Canis Minoris (Procyon and Gomeisa) and α and β Geminorum (Castor and Pollux).
• algazelA gazelle, probably the Arabian gazelle.
• 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.
• Al-GharafaAl-Gharafa Sports Club, a football club from Doha, Qatar (named after the Al-Gharrafa district)
• Al-GharrafaA district of Doha, Qatar.
• AlgiediAlpha Capricorni, a double star in the constellation of Capricorn.
• AlharbiA surname from Arabic.
• al-HaruriyyaAn early radical faction of the Kharijites named after the village of Harura in Iraq.
• AlhassanA surname from Arabic.
• AlhenaThe third brightest star in the constellation of Gemini, γ (gamma) Geminorum
• alhennaHenna (Lawsonia inermis).
• Al HijrahThe first day of the Islamic calendar; the first day of Muharram.
• Al-HilalAl-Hilal Saudi Football Club, a football club from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Al HoceimaA city in Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco.
• Al-IttihadA name given to several football clubs in the Arab world
• AliwiA male given name from Arabic.
• aljamaA self-governing community of Jews and Moors living under Christian rule in the Iberian Peninsula.
• AljanahEpsilon Cygni Aa, a component of the star system Epsilon Cygni.
• AlkaidA star in the constellation of Ursa Major, the easternmost star of the Plough.
• Al KanadiA surname from Arabic
• al-KanadiA surname from Arabic
• AlKanadiA surname from Arabic
• al-KhalilSynonym of Hebron. (A city in the West Bank, Palestine; holy in both Judaism and Islam.)
• Al-KhumsA port city, the de jure capital of the Murqub District on the Mediterranean coast of Libya.
• al-KhwarizmiPersian mathematician (c. 780 – c. 850), the father of algebra.
• Allah's HouseKaaba
• Allahu akbarGod is most great—the Muslim takbir, or liturgical proclamation, used to accept sovereignty of God and as a common form of thanksgiving.
• allatA pre-Islamic Arabian goddess.
• AlmachA second-magnitude quadruple star, telescopically visible as an apparent double star composed of an orange bright giant and a fifth-magnitude blue-white triple star, marking the left foot of the chained woman in the northern constellation of Andromeda.
• al-Mada'inAn historical Sassanian Persian metropolis on the Tigris between the ancient royal centers of Ctesiphon and Seleucia-on-Tigris.
• almahAn Egyptian female singer or dancing-girl used for entertainment; sometimes a prostitute.
• AlnairA bluish-white star in the constellation Grus; Alpha (α) Gruis.
• Al-NassrAl-Nassr Football Club, a football club from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• AlnilamA large blue star in the constellation of Orion; Epsilon (ε) Orionis, one of the three stars that form Orion's Belt.
• AlnitakA triple star in the constellation of Orion; Zeta (ζ) Orionis, one of the three stars that form Orion's Belt.
• AlomariA surname from Arabic.