| carat | - One carat equals 0.2 grams (200 milligrams). this is a measure of weight rather than size (see: carat weight vs. total carat weight).
- Metric carat, the standard unit of weight used ...
qi:ra:t 'small weight'; карат; |
| qi:ra:t 'small weight' | From greek carat; |
| alkarawya: | Probably from greek caraway; |
| carmine |
qirmazi: 'crimson'; carmín; |
| qirmazi: 'crimson' |
carmine; |
| carob |
kharrubah; |
| kharrubah |
carob; |
| kaza:ghand 'padded jacket' | From persian cassock; |
| sha:h 'king' | From persian check; |
| checkmate | In chess, a move that wins the game whereby the opponent’s king cannot escape. sha:h ma:t 'the king is dead'; |
| sha:h ma:t 'the king is dead' |
checkmate; |
| see alchemy |
chemistry; |
| from old french eschecs, plural of check |
chess; |
| s,ifr 'empty' |
cipher; zero; |
| civet | It is a cat that lives in the african savannas. it looks like a fox and is a very close relative of mongoose. now before you ask why this animal planet trivia has been featured in a perfume dictio... zaba:d; |
| zaba:d |
civet; |
| qahwah |
coffee; |
| copt |
quft; coptic; |
| quft | - From greek
- Qualification flight test
copt; qualification flight test; |
| qu:rq |
cork; |
| qutn |
cotton; |
| couscous |
kuskus; |
| kuskus | Kaskasa pound, bruise couscous; |
| crimson |
qirmazi:, related to the qirmiz, the insect that provided the dye; carmesí; |
| qirmazi:, related to the qirmiz, the insect that provided the dye |
crimson; |
| deneb | The bright star in the constellation cygnus, well known as a standard nautical star. danab al-jaja:ja 'tail of the hen'; работы по рассеиванию тумана; |
| danab al-jaja:ja 'tail of the hen' |
deneb; |
| dhow | - The generic name of a number of traditional sailing vessels with one or more masts with lateen sails used in the red sea and indian ocean region, typically weighing 300 to 500 tons, with a lon...
da:w; доу (арабская лодка); |
| da:w |
dhow; |
| dinar |
di:na:r; |
| di:na:r | From greek dinar; |
| dirham | From greek dirham; |
| dragoman | The name for a turkish interpreter; it is corrupted from tarij-man. tarjuma:n; |
| tarjuma:n | Tarjama interpret dragoman; |
| drub | To beat. (captain`s despatch.) “we have drubbed the enemy.” daraba 'beat'; |
| daraba 'beat' |
drub; |
| dura mater | - The thicker outer membrane of the three covering the brain. also called dura, pachymeninx. arachnoid
- Tough, outermost membrane that surrounds the brain
latin calque on umm al-ghali:dah 'hard mother'; твердая мозговая оболочка; |
| latin calque on umm al-ghali:dah 'hard mother' |
dura mater; |
| efreet |
'ifri:t 'monster'; |
| 'ifri:t 'monster' |
efreet; |
| el cid |
al-sayyid 'the lord'; |
| al-sayyid 'the lord' |
el cid; |
| al-iksi:r 'philosopher's stone' | From greek elixir; |
| emir |
ami:r; |
| ami:r | Amara command emir; |
| fakir |
faqi:r 'poor man'; |
| faqi:r 'poor man' | Faqura be poor fakir; |
| fardel |
fardah 'load'; |
| fardah 'load' |
fardel; |
| farsi |
fa:rs 'pars', a province of iran; |
| fa:rs 'pars', a province of iran | From persian farsi; |
| fatwa |
fetwa; |
| fetwa | Fata: instruct by a legal decision fatwa; |
| fedayeen |
fida:'iyi:n 'commandos'; |
| fida:'iyi:n 'commandos' | Fida:` redemption fedayeen; |
| felafel |
fala:fil; |
| fala:fil |
felafel; |
| fellah |
fella:h' 'husbandman'; |
| fella:h' 'husbandman' | Falah'a till fellah; |
| felucca | - A traditional wooden sailing boat with a rig consisting of one or two lateen sails, used in protected waters of the red sea and eastern mediterranean and particularly along the nile in egypt a...
fulk 'ship'; |
| fulk 'ship' | Falaka be round felucca; |
| fomalhaut | A standard nautical star, called also {a} piscis australis. fum u'l-haut 'mouth of the fish'; |
| fum u'l-haut 'mouth of the fish' |
fomalhaut; |
| garble | [1] originally the middle english word “garbelen” meant to remove impurities from shipments of spices. [2] with the meaning changed from removal to insertion, “garbling” referred to the practice o... gharbala 'sift'; искажение; порча;; искажать; портить;; |
| gharbala 'sift' | Perhaps from latin garble; |
| gazelle |
ghaza:l; |
| ghaza:l |
gazelle; |
| genie |
jinni: 'spirit'; |
| jinni: 'spirit' |
genie; |
| gerbil |
yarbu:`; песчанка; |
| yarbu:` |
gerbil; |
| ghoul |
ghu:l 'demon'; |
| ghu:l 'demon' | Gha:la take suddenly ghoul; |
| zara:fa |
giraffe; |
| hadith |
h'adi:t 'tradition'; |
| h'adi:t 'tradition' |
hadith; |
| haj |
h'ajj 'pilgrimage'; |
