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  2. List of English words of Arabic origin - Wikipedia

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    The Arabic-to-Latin translation of Ibn Sina's The Canon of Medicine helped establish many Arabic plant names in later medieval Latin. [2] A book about medicating agents by Serapion the Younger containing hundreds of Arabic botanical names circulated in Latin among apothecaries in the 14th and 15th centuries. [3]

  3. Rennet - Wikipedia

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    Animal rennet to be used in the manufacture of cheddar cheese. Rennet (/ ˈ r ɛ n ɪ t /) is a complex set of enzymes produced in the stomachs of ruminant mammals. Chymosin, its key component, is a protease enzyme that curdles the casein in milk. In addition to chymosin, rennet contains other enzymes, such as pepsin and a lipase.

  4. List of English words of Arabic origin (K–M) - Wikipedia

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    To qualify for this list, a word must be reported in etymology dictionaries as having descended from Arabic. A handful of dictionaries has been used as the source for the list. [1] Words associated with the Islamic religion are omitted; for Islamic words, see Glossary of Islam. Rare and archaic words are also omitted.

  5. List of English words of Arabic origin (N–S) - Wikipedia

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    To qualify for this list, a word must be reported in etymology dictionaries as having descended from Arabic. A handful of dictionaries has been used as the source for the list. [1] Words associated with the Islamic religion are omitted; for Islamic words, see Glossary of Islam. Archaic and rare words are also omitted.

  6. Glossary of Arabic toponyms - Wikipedia

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    PEF Survey of Western Palestine Key Map. The glossary of Arabic toponyms gives translations of Arabic terms commonly found as components in Arabic toponyms.A significant number of them were put together during the PEF Survey of Palestine carried out in the second half of the 19th century.

  7. List of Arabic dictionaries - Wikipedia

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    Arabic lemmas were printed in Hebrew characters. [20] Franciscus Raphelengius, Lexicon Arabicum, Leiden 1613. The first printed dictionary of the Arabic language in Arabic characters. [20] Jacobus Golius, Lexicon Arabico-Latinum, Leiden 1653. The dominant Arabic dictionary in Europe for almost two centuries. [20]

  8. List of English words of Arabic origin (T–Z) - Wikipedia

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    The list has been restricted to loan words: It excludes loan translations. Here's an example of a loan translation. In Arabic the words for father, mother and son are often used to denote relationships between things. Surrounding the brain and spinal cord is a tough outer layer of membrane called in today's English the dura mater.

  9. List of placeholder names - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of placeholder names (words that can refer to things, persons, places, numbers and other concepts whose names are temporarily forgotten, irrelevant, unknown or being deliberately withheld in the context in which they are being discussed) in various languages.