FAQ |
Members List |
Calendar |
Search |
Today's Posts |
![]() |
|
Serious Debates & News Debate and discussion about political, moral, philosophical, celebrity and news topics. |
Reply |
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
![]() |
#1 | |||
|
||||
Senior Member
|
Isn't most words in English or Spanish derived from Arabic Language. For example the English alphabets and words.
|
|||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#2 | |||
|
||||
van der Woodsen
|
Why don't you tell us, farhad?
![]() |
|||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#3 | |||
|
||||
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
|
No, they're mostly derived from Latin.
|
|||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4 | |||
|
||||
van der Woodsen
|
Quote:
|
|||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#5 | ||
|
|||
Nah
|
English is ' bad' version of Germanic and French (if I can say so) while French is basically from Latin.
Spanish and Italian are really not Arabic, both are from the laton language with the Roman Empire. ![]() |
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#6 | |||
|
||||
Senior Member
|
Quote:
Check this link: http://spanish.about.com/cs/historyo...rabicwords.htm For example I give you some admiral - ami:r-al-bahr 'ruler of the seas' (and other similar expressions) - amara command adobe - al-toba 'the brick' albacore - al-bukr 'the young camel' alchemy - al-ki:mi:a: - alcohol - al-koh''l 'the kohl' alcove - al-qobbah 'vault' - qubba vault alembic - al-ambi:q 'the still' - from Greek alfalfa - alfas,fas,ah 'fodder' algebra - al-jebr 'reintegration' - jabara reunite Algol - al-ghu:l 'the ghoul' algorithm - al-Khowarazmi 'the (man) of Khiva' alkali - al-qaliy 'calx' - qalay fry, roast Allah - `allah, from contraction of al-ilah 'the god' Almagest - al-majisti - from Greek almanac - (Andalucian Arabic) al-mana:kh, of uncertain origin amber - `anbar 'ambergris' antimony - al-íthmid 'antimony trisulphide' - perhaps from Greek apricot - al-burquq - from Greek Arab - `arab arsenal - dar as,s,ina`ah 'house of making', i.e. 'factory' - s,ana`a make artichoke - al-kharshu:f assagai - az-zaghayah - from Berber assassin - h'ashsha:shi:n 'hashish eaters', from the Isma`ili sectarians attar - `itr 'aroma' ayatollah - 'ayatu-llah 'miraculous sign of God' azimuth - as-sumut 'the paths'; see also zenith azure - al-lazward 'lapis lazuli' - from Persian |
|||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#7 | |||
|
||||
van der Woodsen
|
So you should change the OP from most words to some words.
|
|||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#8 | |||
|
||||
Senior Member
|
Quote:
|
|||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#9 | |||
|
||||
Senior Member
|
Quote:
Quote:
![]() http://spanish.about.com/cs/historyo...rabicwords.htm |
|||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#10 | |||
|
||||
van der Woodsen
|
Quote:
|
|||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#11 | ||||
|
|||||
Senior Member
|
Quote:
|
||||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#12 | |||
|
||||
van der Woodsen
|
Quote:
|
|||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#13 | |||
|
||||
Senior Member
|
Quote:
There are many: for example - food and drink. Alcohol is derived from the Arabic alkuhl; apricot - al-barquq; artichoke - al-khurshuf; arrack - caraq; banana - banan; candy - qand; cane - qana; caramel - qanah; caraway - karawya; carob - kharrub; coffee and cafe - qahwa; cumin - kammun; jasmine - yasmin; julep - julab; kabab or kabob - kabab; lemon, lemonade, and lime - laymun; mocha - makha; orange - naranj; saffron - zacfaran; salep - thaclab; sesame - simsim; sherbet - sharba; sherry - Sherish (the Arab name of the city of Jerez de la Frontera in Andalusia); spinach - isbanakh; sugar - sukkar; sumach - summaq; syrup - sharab; tamarind - tamr hindi; tangerine - tanja; tarragon - tarkhun; tumeric - kurkum; and tuna - tun are a number of these words that have become as English as Yorkshire pudding. http://www.captiveminds.org/history/engarab.htm http://proggiemuslima.wordpress.com/...english-words/ |
|||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#14 | ||
|
|||
Nah
|
Farhad we agree it had some words but not the majority of them. Same for Italian and as English and Italian are practically the same (I know what I am saying), the majority of both languages words are from Latin.
|
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#15 | |||
|
||||
Senior Member
|
Quote:
|
|||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#16 | |||
|
||||
van der Woodsen
|
Quote:
![]() |
|||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#17 | ||
|
|||
Nah
|
Quote:
|
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#18 | |||
|
||||
Senior Member
|
Quote:
Try this link, it gives some histry of it. http://www.captiveminds.org/history/engarab.htm ![]() By the way i'm not Arabic. ![]() |
|||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#19 | |||
|
||||
Senior Member
|
Quote:
Although Its History is not asked, It was Arabic which was the predominant langauge in what we learn in History as the "Dark Ages". These were times when the Muslims Had power from the late 6th century to the mid 19th Century. If you wanted to be a scholar you had to learn Arabic. Most of the great scholars of the time were Muslims such as Avicinea and others. |
|||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#20 | |||
|
||||
van der Woodsen
|
Quote:
|
|||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#21 | ||||
|
|||||
Senior Member
|
Quote:
|
||||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#22 | ||
|
|||
Member
|
the english language is largely made up from variations of other european language with some original english remaining, but the languages that have come over here all derive from latin. its why some of the european languages are quite similar in some respects. theres no arabic about it, we don't even have the same letter formations.
your whole argument is contradictory. one minute most of the lanuage is made up of arabic, the next its less than 1%. less than 1% is very insignificant and the fact you've listed many languages above arabic speaks for itself. |
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#23 | |||
|
||||
Senior Member
|
I invented a word. It is just not in common usage yet.
Tromble: (verb) To run with pace and anger with eight legs or more. |
|||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#24 | ||
|
|||
Senior Moment
|
When we are speaking English we are actually putting together sounds to communicate with each other as any other animal does
|
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#25 | |||
|
||||
Senior Member
|
|
|||
![]() |
![]() |
Reply |
|
|