List of Portuguese words of Arabic origin
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A
- Açafate (assafat)
- Açafrão (azzae'faran) الزعفران
- Acéquia (assāqiyyah) الساقية
- Achaque (ashshaka)
- Acicate (ashshukat) الشكّة
- Açoite (assaut) السوط
- Açorda (athurda)
- Açoteia (assutaiha)
- Açougue (assok)
- Açucena (assusana) السوسنة
- Açude (assudd)
- Açúcar (assukar derived from Sanskrit çarkara) السكّر
- Adarga (addarka)
- Aduana (addwana) الديوان
- Alá (al-ilâh)
- Alabão (allabban) اللبّان
- Alambique
- Alarife (alarif)
- Alarve (al-árab) العرب
- Alazão
- Albarda (albarda'a)
- Albardar (albarda'a) البردعة
- Albarraque
- Albufeira (al-buHera) البحيرة
- Alcáçova (alkasaba) القصبة
- Alcachofra (alkharshof) الخرشف
- Alcalóide (composed word: Arabic. alcali and Greek eîdos)
- Alcaravia (alkarawiya) الكروية
- Alcaraviz (alkarabís)
- Alcateia (alkataia)
- Alcatifa (alkatifa) القطيفة
- Alcatruz (alkadus compound word: Arabic. al and Greek kádos, jar for water or wine)
- Alcofa (alkuffa) القفّة
- Álcool (alkohul) الكحول
- Alcorão (Alkuran) القرآن
- Alcova (alkubba) القبّة
- Alecrim (aliklil)
- Aletria (alitríya)
- Alface
- Alfafa
- Alfaia
- Alfaiate (al-khayyáţ) الخيّاط
- Alfândega (al-funduq) الفندق
- Alfanje
- Alfaraz
- Alfarela
- Alfarrábio
- Alfarrabista
- Alfarroba (al-kharrūbah) الخرّوبة
- Alfarrobeira
- Alfavaca
- Alfazema (al-khazāmā) الخزامى
- Alfeire
- Alferes (alfaris)
- Alfobre (alhufra)
- Alforge (alhurj)
- Alforria (alhuriya') الحرية
- Algarismo (alkarizmi, name of Arab mathematician Abu Ibn Muça)
- Algarve(al-gharb) الغرب
- Álgebra
- Algema (aljami'a)
- Algibeira (al-jibaira)
- Algodão (alkutun) القطن
- Algodoeiro
- Algoritmo
- Alguidar (algidar) القِدر
- Alicate (allikkát)
- Aljama (aljamaa)
- Aljava (aljaba)
- Almadrava (almadraba)
- Almanaque (almanakh)
- Almedina (almedina) المدينة
- Almóada
- Almocreve (almukari)
- Almofada (almukhadda) المخدّة
- Almofate (almikhyat)
- Almofre
- Almogávar (almugauar)
- Almôndega (albundeca)
- Almorávida (almurabiti) المرابط
- Almotacé (almuhtasib) المحتسب
- Almotolia (almutli)
- Almoxarifado
- Almoxarife (al-musharif) المشرف
- Almude
- Alqueire
- Alqueive
- Alvanel
- Alvará
- Alvíssaras
- Alvorge
- Armazém
- Arrátel
- Arroba
- Arroz (ar-rūz) الرز
- Arsenal
- Atafona
- Atalaia
- Azar
- Azeite (az-zeyt) الزيت
- Azeitona (az-zeytūnah) الزيتونة
- Azemel
- Azémola
- Azimute
- Azenha
- Azinhaga
- Azulejo (az-zillij) الزليج
B
- Bafafá
- Baraço
- Bolota (balluta)
- blaaah (baa-laah)
C
- Café
- Cáfila
- Califa
- Ceifa
- Ceroulas (sarawil) سراويل
- Chafariz
- Cherne
- Chifra
- Cifra
D
- Damasco (dimashq) دمشق
E
- Elixir
- Emir
- Emirato (Emirado)
- Escabeche (Sikbaj)
F
- Falua (faluka)
- Fatímida
G
- Garrafa (gharrāfa) غرّافة
H
- Harém (Hareem) حريم
- Haxixe (Hash�īsh) حشيش
I
- Imã (imām) إمام
- Islão (Islã) (Islām) إسلام
J
- Javali (jabali)
L
- Laranja (naranj derived from the Persian naräng)
- Laranjeira (naranj derived from the Persian naräng)
- Lezíria (al-jazīra) الجزيرة
M
- Madraçal (madrasa, school) مدرسة
- Magazine
- Masmorra (matmura)
- Matraca (mitraka)
- Mesa
- Mesquita (masdjid) مسجد
- Metical (Mozambican currency, from mitķāl, an Arabic unit of weight, from taķāl', weigh).
- Moçárabe (must'rib) مستعرب
- Muezim (mu'ađđin) مؤذّن
- Maomé (originally Muhammad; also Maomet; formerly Maomede, Mafoma, Mafamede)
- Muladi (malado)
N
- Nadir (natir)
- Nora (na'ûra)
O
- Omíada
- Oxalá (in sha allah or inshallah, God willing)
R
- Ramadão (Ramadã)
- Rês
- Resma (rizmah) رزمة
- Romã (ramaan) رمان
S
- Sáfaro (sahrā', desert) صحراء
- Safra (safaria)
- Sala
- Saloio (çahroi)
- Sofá (suffah, couch)
- Sultanato (sultan, ruler)
- Sultão (sultan, ruler)
- Sura
T
- Tambor (tanbur derived from the Persian dänbära)
- Tamara (tamar ) تمر
X
- Xarope (xarab) شرب
- Xaveco (xabbak)
- Xeque (shaikh) شيخ
Z
- Zarabatana (zarba tãnâ)
- Zénite (samt)
References
- Much of the content of this article comes from the equivalent Portuguese-language Wikipedia article, accessed February 24, 2007.
External links
- As Projeções da Língua Árabe na Língua Portuguesa, essay by Antônio Houaiss
