| BAHAI | Faith whose name comes from the Arabic for "glory" |
| CRIMSON | *This color's name comes from the Arabic for the name of an ancient red dye |
| SAHARA | Desert whose name comes from the Arabic for "desert" |
| DOHA | City whose name comes from the Arabic for "roundness" |
| CHECKMATE | *This English word comes from the Arabic for "the king is dead" |
| HAREM | Word that comes from the Arabic for "forbidden place" |
| MAGAZINE | *In its military meaning, this word comes from the Arabic for "storehouse" |
| SAFARI | *This English word comes from the Arabic for "journey" |
| MATTRESS | *This household item comes from the Arabic for "cushion" |
| SHERBET | Non-drinkable dessert whose name comes from the Arabic word for "drink" |
| SASH | From the Arabic for "muslin, turban", a word for a strip of fine cloth twisted around the head originally, later a ribbon worn over one shoulder or around the waist (4) |
| RAI | Algerian pop music that drew its name from the Arabic for "opinion" or "that's the thinking, here's the view" (3) |
| AQABA | Seaport whose name derives from the Arabic for "obstacle" |
| SYRUP | From the Arabic for "sherbet" and source of "sorbet", a sugary liquid used for drinks, drizzling on ice cream, preserving fruit or for sweetening (5) |
| ACHERNAR | Brightest star in the southern constellation Eridanus, named from the Arabic for 'end of the river' (8) |
| SUMAC | Plant name from the Arabic for "red" |
| ESAU | Name possibly derived from the Arabic for "hairy" |
| AMIR | First name derived from the Arabic for "prince" |
| CURCUMA | Plant genus of the family Zingiberaceae named from the Arabic for 'turmeric' (7) |
| SIROCCO | From the Arabic for "east wind", a hot and dusty Mediterranean "jugo" originating in the Sahara; a drying machine; or, any desert breeze (7) |
