On a recent program, we told you about some English words borrowed from African languages. Today, we will tell you about words English has borrowed from the Arab world. Arabic words entered the ...

Nassr, the club where Cristiano Ronaldo plays.When you line them up like this, the world is strangely full of "al".It is too much to be a coincidence. Perhaps all these "al"s are the same thing.That ...

Of the hundreds of thousands of words collected in English language dictionaries, there are many of Arabic origin. Some of these words and terms are used regularly and their Middle Eastern roots may ...

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IT is considered quite normal for languages to borrow words from other languages. When a language takes words from other languages, these “new arrivals” are usually called borrowings or loan words.

As the world marks Arabic Language Day, it is only fair to pay tribute to this rich dialect that has inspired many western languages. Many younger Arab generations are constantly accused of abandoning ...

If you look too closely, some English vocabulary just ceases to be logical. You use fanfare all your life, for instance, and then you stop and think: Wait—what does fan have to do with fare? Is that ...

The English word "alcohol" has Arabic roots that can be traced back to the word "al-kuhl," which refers to the cosmetic kohl. PolitiFact and other fact-checking organizations found no connection ...