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Language: Arabic

Affiliation:	Afro-Asiatic, Semitic Genus in WALS Family in WALS
WALS codes:	ams
ISO 639-3 codes:	arb

As donor languoid

The map shows Arabic in blue and the recipient languages that borrowed from it in red.

List of recipient languages that borrowed words from Arabic
Recipient language	Words borrowed from Arabic
name	immediate		earlier
[help] Recipient language These are the names of recipient languages that borrowed words directly or indirectly from this languoid.	[help] Number of direct loanwords This is the number of words that the donor languoid contributed directly to this recipient language.	[help] Direct loanwords These are (some of) the direct loanwords (or calques) from this donor languoid into the recipient language.	[help] Number of indirect loanwords This is the number of words that the donor languoid contributed indirectly, i.e. via another, intermediate donor languoid, to this recipient language.	[help] Indirect loanwords These are (some of) the indirect loanwords (or calques) from this donor languoid into the recipient language.
Swahili	364	dunyā, barr, baḥr, raˀs, raˁd, ṭūfān, duǧan, nadā (u), hawāˀ, ṯalǧ, pl. ṯulūğ [show all] , kibrīt, ˁarūs, ṭalāq, bābā, dāda(t), yatīm, ğamāˁa, faḥl, faras, baġl, fem. baġla(t), baṭṭa(t), ṭāˀir, samak, banbak, sabuˁ, pl. sibāˁ, dubb, ǧamal, dūd, dam, tadd, ğaˀaša (a), ğāmaˁa (III), ḥayy, mait, mayyit; maita(t), qabr, pl. qubūr, ḍaˁīf, ˁāfiya(t), ḥumma(t), wasaḫ, dawāˀ, samm, ğāˁa, ġabbaba (II), birka(t), bāqūl, ṣaḥn, ṭast ~ ṭassa(t) ~ ṭass ~ ṭašt, qidr, qidra(t); qadara(t), tīn, zabīb, lauz, zaitūn, filfil, ˁasal, sukkar, ğubn, sīrağ, ṣūf, kattān, ḥarīr, miḫraz, ğūḫ, sirwāl, kūfiya, ṣābūn, ḫaima(t), saqf, duḫān; dāḫina, madḫana, šamaˁa(t), raff, hurī ~ hūrī, ṭufāl, bustān, falğ, nafaqa(t), šaˁīr, tunbāk, mauz, kadd, kinbār, qaṭṭa (u); qaṭṭaˁa (a), miqaṣṣ, pl. maqaṣṣ, sār-ˁamala, mismār, ṣabba (u), ḏahab, fiḍḍa, šabah, raṣāṣ, quffa(t), zillīya(t), ṣanam, radda (u), darağa(t), nīr, kaff, sukkān, bandar, malaka (i), ḫaraba (i), taftīš, ṣarf; ṣarāf, tāğir, miskīn, daˁā (u); iddaˁā (VIII), dayn, ˀağara (u), mušāhara(t), sūq, dukkān, baiˁ, ġāl(in), baˁda, qabla, maḥall, maḥāll, qulla(t), pl. qilāl, qarīb, mašriq, maġrib, qasqās, kaus ~ kūs, kullāb, ṣalīb, murabbaˁ, misṭara(t), ṣifr, sitta(t), sabˁa(t), tisˁa(t), ˁišrīn, miˀa(t), ˀalf, ḥasaba (u), zāˀid, ˀumma(t), sahm, nuṣṣ < nuṣf, ğauz, waqt, ˁumr, sāˁa, ḥaraka(t), ṭayyār, ˀabadan, ṯāniyan, al-ṣubḥ, al-ẓuhr, al-ˁaṣr, sāˁa(t), ğumˁa(t), al-ḫamīs, (yaum) al-ğumˁa(t), maǧran, laḏḏa(t), ṭaˁm; ṭaˁim, layyin, bard, bārid, ṣāf(in), rūḥ, baḫt, fariḥa (a), tabassama (V), būsa(t), ḥuzn, waswās, ˁaṭṭa, raḥma(t), ḫsr, ˁayb, ṯabata (u); ṯubūt, ğasara (u); ǧasāra(t), ḫaṭar, tāqa, ṭamiˁa (a); iṭmaˀanna (IV); muṭmaˀinn, samuḥa (u), ṣaḥīḥ, laum, lauma(t), waṣafa (yaṣifu); ṣifa(t), ˁaql, fakara (u, i), ẓanna (u), ˀamina (a), ˀāmana (IV), fahima (a), qāsa (i), ẓann, ḥikma(t), muˁallim, sahā (u); sahw, wāḍiḥ, sirr, sirrī, ḥaqīqa(t), nīya(t), sabab, šakḳ, šakka (u), ḫāna (u); ḫāˀin, lāzim(an), raḫīṣ, ğarraba (II), ˀau, ṣaut, sammā (II), sāmara (III), ḫuṭba(t), luġa(t), ğāba (II), ˀaqarra (IV), ˁahida (a), ˁāhada (III), qaṭaˁa (a), samiˁa (a), qartās, qalam, kitāb, tawallā (V), malika; malakīya(t), raˁīya, ḥurr, ˀamara (u), ṭāˁa (u); muṭīˁ, raḫḫaṣa (II), ruḫṣa(t), rafīq, ˁadūw, ğīrān, sāˁada (III), salām; salāma(t), ğaiš, ˁaskarī, silāḥ, bunduqīya(t), manāra(t), šarīˁa(t), maḥkama(t), ḥakama (u); ḥukm, ḥukm, h̝ākim, šahīd, ištakā (VIII), ḫaṭiyya, ˁaḏāb, ˁišra(t), dīn, haykal, ˁabada (u), ṣallā (II), ḫabbara (II); ḫubr, barraka (ii), bāraka (III), ğahannam, ḫusrān, bumba, sarkār, raˁīs, wazīr, ˁuyūn; ˁuwaināt, karaḫāna(t), siǧāra(t), ˁunwān, bilā, kūm, kūma(t), s̆āy, qahwa(t), ṭahāra, ṣanawbar, kanb, kanbā, ṭuˁma(t), maˁīša(t), qufl, ḫasira (a); ḫassara (II), kanīsa(t), masğid, lˁmān + ˁālmyān, mauṭin, dāra(t), dāˀira(t); dawwāra(t), ḍarba(t), nūr, ˁamm, ˁammi, yabs, ḏakar, ṭabba (u, i); ṭibb, maraḍ, ṣufr, dasmāla(t), ğāk, līm, laimū(n), ˀāla(t), zāna (i), širās, ğanāb, naqqaša (II); naqš, markab, ğahāz, raǧaˁa (i), ḥafiẓa (a); ḥifāẓ, ğaraḥa (a), wazn, baḫīl, ˁušr, baqiya (a), ḍāra (u), dāma (u), al-fağr, ˁarf, qallala (II), ḥasra(t), baṣāra, ẓāhir, qaṣd, ḍamīr, tawahhama (V), ḥasada (u), ḥasad, faḫāra(t), šuğāˁ, barr, sawāˀ, ˀustāḏ, ṯallaṯa; saliṭa, kamā, Unidentifiable, ṣūr, milla(t), qaḥba(t), qāḍ(in), yamīn, maḏbaḥ, kaffāra(t), qissīs, qasīs, laˁana (a), laˁn, laˁna(t), samāˀ, nār, ğinn, šayṭān, muṣallan, ğināya(t); ğināˀī, bin-ˁamm, ḏurrīya(t), zināˀ, sinn, šayḫ, marra(t), kull, ḥāl, baiˁa(t) wa-širāˀ, sallama (II), ˀamr, sitāra, qandūra(t), burquˁ, qālab, mawlan, māl, muwalliˁ (part. pass. II), mudda(t), fawfal, makka(t); manqaˁ, ḥamala (i), al-hind, ˁāša (i); ˁīša(t), badala (u), šāˁir, ḫālafa (III), ḫaṭaba (u), sulṭān, ḫauf, ṭaˁām	16	Unidentifiable, Unidentifiable, Unidentifiable, Unidentifiable, Unidentifiable, Unidentifiable, Unidentifiable, Unidentifiable, Unidentifiable, Unidentifiable [show all] , Unidentifiable, Unidentifiable, Unidentifiable, Unidentifiable, Unidentifiable, Unidentifiable
Gawwada	0		1	qalam
Hausa	158	dunya, raja’a, samāʔ, raʔd, hadar, samāʔ, baḥr, θuri̅ya, ’iyal, al+bat̝ari [show all] , ham-ham, a̅tasa, ǰimáʔi, qabar, δakar, ʔalfárj̆i, nas̥a̅ra̅ “, ṣaḥn, tas, ʕinab, zaytun, sukkar, giʕa, balāʔ, Өawba, abu dagi_g ?, ḥarīr, al + ’ibra, qabba, bantalun, hidjāb, al + jayb, jashimu, akala, ʔadīm, al-qamh̩, ša?ir, taba, laymuÜn, dankali, miqaşş, malaka, < ar + rizq, taj̆ir, faqīr, aʔa̅ra, diwa̅n, xaraj, < al + maʔa̅s̆, ribh̝, arxas, dāʔira, ṣifr, ʕašrīn, sāʕa, ³ajal, kull yawm, al-waqt, ʔabadan, al-fijr, ṣubḥ, yaum, ʔah̝ad, ʔӨnayn, ӨalaƟʔu, lārabá, xamīs, jumʔa, sabt, fas̝l, lawn, sāʕ-, tābā, xat̝ar, ʔamin, munafiqun, yaʕfa, ʕayb, ʕaql, ra’y, tamaʕana, fahima, ʕalāma, dubbāra, t̝ālib, ʔas sirr, θabbata, bayyana, dalil, šakḳ, tuhma, jarraba, in, naʕam, naϬariy, ʔamāna, kalma, istanba’a, jawāb, yard̝ā, ʔamin, tābā, qawl, qalam, alkita’b, šaʕr, jawāb, qarya, jamāʕa, qabi̅la, ’adala, ’amr, ’amr, yard̝ā, ʔamāna, ʔāda, ’as+s-m-’, naʃr, ɣaniːma, šariʕa, qād̝i, ḥukm, ḥukm, al+qādi, šahīd, tuhma, ḥukm, ʕayb, ʕayb, ʕayb, ʕayb, h̝ākim, ɣaraːma, zinā‘, šahīd, saraqa, dīn, allāh, s̥adaqa, ʕibāda, s̝alā(t), duʔā(t), waʔz̝, barka, samāʔ, j̆ahannam, šayṭān, j̆inn, fatalwa, ʔis̆āra, s̝alāt, jarīda, s̆āy, samāʔ, laʔana, waӨīqa, qahwa, h̝alwa	36	dābba, dābba, lǝɣǝmal, ʔàku, nafs, al-?afia, al-?afia, al-lawh̝, kaʔs, an + nīl [show all] , ṣābūn, xayma, tāqa, Unidentifiable, fatīla, mis̩r, dīnār, as̩-s̩arif, ældûn, sūq, as-sūq, wazana, al-waqt, sabt, s̝ārim, mu?allim, qaraʔa, rubuʕ, qiraʔat, qartās, ’āhira, al-?afia, bunduqiyaa, bundug, silāḥ, s̝awm, Unidentifiable
Kanuri	176	dunya, alʔard, baḥr, samāʔ, ra’d, nuuru, dunyā, tfill, ʔanníya, niyya, niiya [show all] , al-ʕirs, ʕyaal, dābba, al-mann, faras, faras, albat̝ari, ʕàku, ham-ham, ʕat.as, ruuh, jifi, gife ?, jÎfi ?, shitə̀ra, al-laashu’ur, dumbur ?, δakar, farǰ, ṣaḥn, ʕinab, zaytuun, sukkar, alqutan, ḥarīr, alʕibra, masilla, burnus, qamis, dƷazmat rukuub, hidjāb, al-jayb, al-fuut̝a, sabuun, alxayma, tāqa, kursī, misbah, shamʕa, Unidentifiable, al-qamh̩, ša'ir, laymuÜn, ʕagur, jinzir, dīnār, al’ibra(tu), halak, Unidentifiable, xaraj, h̝aqq, kiri, ʔal-maʕa̅s̆, sawaama, sūq, at.-t.amanu, támò, adîn, sama̅’, bas, mi’atun, sāʕa, ʔal-waqt, wahar, ³ajal, sāʕa, ʔabadan, ʔal-fajr, ṣubḥ, ʔah̝ad, ʔӨnayn, ӨalaƟʔu, ʔarbaaʔa, xamīs, jumʔa, sabt, zaman, yaʔum, kajir ?, ʔaz.haar, lawn, nuur, alʔibra, ruuh, ajap, t.ammah̝, aman, munaafiq, gafar, yaʕfa, alʕyab, t.ammah̝, tasawar ?, muˀallim, zaahir, ʔas-sirr, tawat?, bayyana, niiya, dalil, šakḳ, au, la, nà'ám, ʔamāna, qul, kalma, jawāb, jawāb, kasat ?, yard̝ā, ankara, waʕad, awulo ?, quiraˀa, quarta.s, al-qalam, alkita’b, kawúl ?, balad, balad, jamāʕa, walid, amar ?, ʕada, al-hilaafu ?, alwala?, her, caskari:, banduqiyaa, silah (h.), naʃr, ɣaniːma, šariʕa, šariʕa, šariʕa, ḥukm, al-qāḍii, šahīd, allāh, ḥukm, ʕayb, ʕayb, ḥukm, jaza, zinā, allāh, ʕibāda, s̝alā(t), allaah, waʔz̝, barka, barka, asham, asham, šayṭān, j̆inn, masjid, s̆āy, an-naz.z.araatu, ʕayb, katif ?, az-zugaagatu, alfárj̆i, qaratu, lārabá, manzar, ʕyal	25	ǧamal, qabr, liktaay, tas, fatiil, ʔal-maqaṣṣ, fìnjaan, g aalib, riba, ṣifr [show all] , kull yawm, tāssaf ?, ʕaql, ʕaql, dubbāra, ‘aql, qara’ a', ha.laal, diin, liktaay, jarīda, Unidentifiable, fatīla, ganiyyun, lǝɣǝmal
Seychelles Creole	0		1	ʕaraq
Romanian	0		10	rašîf, matrah, garaf, šorba, šarâb, as-sukar, djoubba, ruzz, mesjid, qahwa, masjid
Selice Romani	1	lâf	5	maimūn, duhān, qahwah, al-’ūd, Unidentifiable
English	0		8	sukkar, al-koħl, qutn, laimūn, ṣifr, masjid, ţaraħa, qahwa
Bezhta	0		66	dunyā, maidān, hawā’, nasl, ħayawān, ʕaqrab, janāza, qūwa(t), ʕumr, kīs [show all] , naqš, jawhar, buxārī, ’āla, miskīn, baxīl, ħisāb, ’axīr, mašriq, maɣrib, ħadir, sāʕat, ’iθnayni, θalāθā’, ’arbiʕā’, rūħ, baxt, ɣalaṭ, ʕaql, fikr, muħkam, xayāl, qāʕida, xalq, ’ahl, qaħba, qal‘a, ’asīr, dawla, tanbīh, sunna, dīn, allāh, qurbān, walī, janna, šayṭān, ʕalāmat, masjid, ħukūmat, kalba(tun), yāqūt, miskīn, faqīr, qibla, zaman, zamān, xamīs, sabt, ʕaskar, qānūn, ’ilãhī, ’iblīs, ṭāliʕ, šāʕir, ’ādam, insān
Archi	58	dunyā, adam, žagir, žagir, ħayawaan, mejmanak, ʕalχul, janazat, ʕummar, q’umaš [show all] , taffeta, χurum, niqiš, žawhar, ʕummar, buχar, ʕarba, miskīn, dakkan, dakkan, qaba, zaman, ħummar, Unidentifiable, ħadir, abadiy, dunyā, sːaʕat, al-aħat, at-talit, al-arbaʕat, ṭāliʕ, ṭāliʕ, ʕajb, maʕni, dars, dars, duʕa, halq, ʕadat, duʕa, qaħba, maʕni, ʕajb, ʕajb, ʕajb, ʕajb, ʕajb, zinā, dīn, qurbān, dīn, alšun, dužgi, ilbis, ħurulʕen, mižgil, tarix	3	hawaa’, ‘awlaad, awal
Sakha	0		3	ʕaraq, ʤaib, ʤeyb, maːl
Japanese	0		5	ṣifr, maţraħ, ķahwa, masjid, ķand
Mandarin Chinese	0		2	qahwah, laimūn
Ceq Wong	0		1	Unidentifiable
Indonesian	2	al-sabt, qirṭās	116	dunyā, [al-]thalju, nikāḥ, yatīm, nūrī, badan, raḥim, nafas, ẓāhir, ḥāmil [show all] , mayyit, qubūr, qubūr, qūwat-, ṣiḥḥat-, istirāḥat-, zaitūn, jubbah, ṣābūn, funduq, kursī, ālat-, milk, salāmat-, miskīn, ‘umr, awwal, āxir, fajr, (yaum al-)ithnain, (yaum ath-)thalātha, (yaum al-)arba‘ā’, (yaum al-)xamīs, (yaum al-)jum‘at-, mausim, ḥairān, xawāṭir, mu‘ āf, ‘aql, fikr, murīd, maqṣud, sabab, xiyānat-, farḍ, lau, jawāb, ‘umūm, ši‘r, ra‘ī yat-, ṭā‘at-, idhn, ‘ādat-, manāra, ‘ādil, h̝ākim, da‘wā, ḥukm, zinā‘, ‘ibādah, qurbān, ‘ibādah, xuṭbah, barakat-, šaiṭān, siḥr, siḥr, ‘alāmat-, xabar, ‘alāmat-, qahwa, sunnat-, masjid, ‘ālam, wajh, ɣaib, fahm, da‘wā, du‘ā’, maḥkamah, arnab, xaimah, ṣubḥ, (yaum al-)aḥad, arwāḥ, rūḥ, amārah, saraqah, ṭama‘, yaqīn, nīyat-, sabab, jīrān, maidān, ḥukm, xaimah, sajjādah, (al-)askar, tammat-, jilbāb, imām, qudus, hawā’, ṣalāt-, maqām, qalam, jasad, jināzah, janāzah, insān, ṭalāk, ḥayawān, ḵitān, ‘aib, qarāba[t-], ṣaḥāba[t-], baɣl
Malagasy	12	salāmah, karīmah, Wāqwāq, al-aḥad, al-ithnayn, ath-thulāthā’, al-arbaʕā’, al-khamīs, al-jumʕa, as-sabt [show all] , qartās, khabar	2	masğid, qahwa