List of exported Arabic terms

List of exported Arabic terms

*Insha'Allah (If it is God's will) — Spanish: ojalá, Portuguese oxalá
*al-kuḥūl — Alcohol
*Al-Kitab al-Jabr wa-l-Muqabala ("The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing") — Algebra
*Mecca — " [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=the+mecca+of&btnG=Google+Search the mecca of ] ", implying center of attention.

*Achernar
*alkali
*alchemy
*Aldebaran
*Altair
*Algol
*alembic
*algorithm
*almanac
*Almagest
*Fomalhaut
*zenith
*zero

ee also

*List of English words of Arabic origin


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