| ALGEBRA | Math whose name comes from Arabic |
| SAHARA | Name that comes from Arabic for "desert" |
| CARAFE | Small bottle whose name may derive from Arabic for “draw water” |
| TATAR | Language whose alphabet went from Arabic to Latin to Cyrillic |
| MALTA | European Union member whose national language is derived from Arabic |
| BRINJAL | Alternative name for the aubergine used in India and Africa; from Arabic via Portuguese (7) |
| SIROCCO | Hot and often dusty wind that blows across the Mediterranean from N Africa to S Europe in the spring and summer; from Arabic, 'east wind' (7) |
| AZAN | From Arabic for "announcement", a call to prayer made by a muezzin from a mosque's minaret (4) |
| IMAM | From Arabic for "lead the way" or "he guided", title, found in the name of a "swooning" aubergine dish, of the prayer or salat leader of a mosque (4) |
| COFFEE | From Arabic for "wine", a hot drink prepared from the beans, cherries or peaberries of a tropical shrub; a cup of this; or, its cafe au lait or mocha colour, when mixed with milk (6) |
| KOHL | From Arabic for "alcohol", name of the originally antimony-, galena- or stibnite-based cosmetic black powder used to darken or line the eyelids (4) |
| CETUS | Large southern constellation (the Whale) whose brightest star is Diphda (from Arabic, 'frog') (5) |
| HAREM | Word from Arabic for "sacred, inviolable place" |
| SAHIB | Word from Arabic for "friend" |
| ROMAN | Numerically different from Arabic (5) |
| ANAEROBIC | Translated from Arabic, one sort of exercise |
| VEGA | Brightest star in the constellation Lyra; from Arabic, 'the falling eagle' (4) |
| ALCOVE | Recess in the wall of a room or garden; from Arabic, ' the vault' (6) |
| EMIR | Independent ruler or chieftain in Islamic countries of the Middle East; from Arabic via French, 'commander' (4) |
| ABUNA | Title given to the Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox church; from Arabic, 'our father' (5) |