Today's posting follows on from {wgaw blog archive: 12/o3 and o6/o4} and continues the list of words whose roots are said to have been borrowed, or loaned from the Arabic.
Words in the list below start with the letters 'D' to 'G' and are listed in alphabetical order. The English word is followed by the root word in Arabic [xxx] and then the Arabic meaning. On the line below is the meaning in English.
D
Damask from Damascus
A figured woven fabric (esp. silk or linen) with a pattern visible on both sides
Dhow
A lateen rigged ship used on the Arabian Sea
Dinar
The monetary unit of Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman
Dirham
The monetary unit of the UAEDragoman tarjama [tarr-ja-ma]interpret An interpreter or guide, esp. in countries speaking Arabic, Turkish or Persian
Drub
daraba [dar-rra-ba]
beat, thumpBeat in a fight
Dura mater
al umm al jafiya [al umm al jaa-fee-ya]
hard mother, indicating the relationship of thingsThe tough outermost membrane enveloping the brain and spinal cords
E
Elixir
al iksir [al ik-see-rr] alchemy
A preparation supposedly able to change metals into gold
Emir amir [aa-meer]
title of various Muslim rulers, interchangeable but different from a king [ma-lick]
Emirates
The rank, domain or reign of an emir
F
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