English Words: Arabic origins

1. Fate, fortune, or destiny.
2. In Islam, the will of Allah.
3. The original Arabic term is qismah, qismat, meaning "portion, fate, lot"; as in, "That's his lot in life". The "t" ending was added by the Persians (qismat) and it became a part of English via Turkish (via Persian, via Arabic).

1. A juicy, greenish-yellow citrus fruit which is smaller and sourer than a lemon. Its juice is used for flavoring and as a source of vitamin C.
2. The small tropicl tree it grows on.
3. Arabic limah, Spanish lima through French to English.

1. A musical instrument much used in the 1500's and 1600's, having a pearshaped body and usually six pairs of strings and is played by plucking the strings with the fingers.
2. From Arabic al'ud, "the lute", through Old Provençal laut, Old French lut, then into English.

The original Arabic word was makhAzin (plural of makhzan, meaning "storehouse".

The English word still may be used in this sense to describe a warehouse; especially, one in which explosives and munitions are stored; however, in modern English the word is now most commonly used to describe weekly, monthly, or quarterly periodicals that may contain (or store) a multitude of stories, articles, or other writings.

These days it seems that advertisements make up the bulk of the contents.

1. A cover or disguise, as for the features; a protective appliance for the face or head; such as a gas mask.
2. A cast of the face taken just after death.
3. A masquerade; also spelled masque.
4. An artistic covering for the face; used by Greek and Roman actors in comedy and tragedy.
5. To put on a mask; to assume a disguise.
6. Etymology: from French masque, Italian maschera, mascara and earlier from Arabic maskharah, a "buffoon" (someone who amuses others by ridiculous behavior).