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Language: Arabic

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

These are (some of) the direct loanwords (or calques) from this donor languoid into the recipient language.

These are (some of) the indirect loanwords (or calques) from this donor languoid into the recipient language.

As donor languoid

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

These are the names of recipient languages that borrowed words directly or indirectly from this languoid.

This is the number of words that the donor languoid contributed directly to this recipient language.

This is the number of words that the donor languoid contributed indirectly, i.e. via another, intermediate donor languoid, to this recipient language.

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