Borrowing

[midsummernight]

Borrowing

Hello everyone
Don't worry I won't ask you to lend me some money

I mean here language borrowing or loanwords

Borrowing is the adoption of words from one language to another language. This is mainly because the contact of two civilizations or two communities

English has borrowed a lot of words from other languages, mostly from Latin, French, Spanish, German, Greek and Arabic

Today I am interested in English Arabic borrowing and vice versa
Without any further ado, here are some examples

English from Arabic
Algebra – aljabr
Algorithm – allogaretm
Alchemy – alkimia'a
Alkali – alkali
Coffee – kahwa
Sugar – sukar
Zero – sefr
Jasmine – yasmien
Lemonade
Sheik
Jihad
Sultan
Mosque
Gazelle


Arabic from other languages
Television - Latin in origin
Telephone
Radio
Guitar
Computer
Saloon
Opera
Cafeteria
Studio
Piano
Yacht

Please don't hesitate to contribute with more words. I will appreciate it
Please help me with the word – camel – is it English or Arabic in origin, or neither?

[postgraduate]

midsummernight

Thanks so much . Interesting indeed .Appreciated

[BloumagrieT]

midsummernight

A fun topic dearest sister

Well, I have a few words too

Some people use these English words

Lorry = which is a truck

Glass = for a glass of water

condition = for the air coditioner

That's what I have for now

May Allah bless you dear and we'll be waiting for your good topices

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[midsummernight]

Thank you "postgraduate" and " SoOoSoOo
:smile (71): really, great supervisors

I can add:
ice-cream
jelly
cake
desk
cinema
mobile
sandwich
shampoo
film
match
remote control " we shorten it to remote