Word Wise - 3
Some English words which have their Origin in Arabic
1. Checkmate - From 'Shah' + 'Mat' meaning 'The King is dead'
2. Alcohol - From Al - Kuhl meaning Essence. Its also said that Arabic chemists came to use al-kuhl to mean “any fine powder produced in a number of ways, including the process of heating a substance to a gaseous state and then recooling it.” Some say that the word has a Chinese Origin.
3. Admiral - From 'Amir - a - Ali' meaning 'Commander of the Sea'.
4. Gibraltar - From Jabal Tariq, the "mountain of Tariq" after the general who led the Muslim conquest of Spain.
1. Checkmate - From 'Shah' + 'Mat' meaning 'The King is dead'
2. Alcohol - From Al - Kuhl meaning Essence. Its also said that Arabic chemists came to use al-kuhl to mean “any fine powder produced in a number of ways, including the process of heating a substance to a gaseous state and then recooling it.” Some say that the word has a Chinese Origin.
3. Admiral - From 'Amir - a - Ali' meaning 'Commander of the Sea'.
4. Gibraltar - From Jabal Tariq, the "mountain of Tariq" after the general who led the Muslim conquest of Spain.
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