Arabic words Arabic words 'alim (Arabic: عالم) This islamic term literally means 'learned person'. The term alim usually refers to the person who holds a degree in shariah sciences. In times of doubt the alim will give a fatwa resolving matters because he unlike others in the community will have the most knowledge. A recognised 'alim can use the prefix sheikh before his name. ...more on Wikipedia about "'alim"
Abd is an Arabic word meaning one totally subordinated. It appears in many common Arabic names to indicate submission to God. For instance Abd-Allah means "servant of Allah". ...more on Wikipedia about "Abd"
Abu is an Arabic term meaning "father of". It should be followed by another word to form a complete name, for example Abu Nidal, Abu Sayyaf. "Ibn" means son of. Muslim names commonly use these two terms. For example, Abu Sufyan ibn Harb. ...more on Wikipedia about "Abu (Arabic term)"
An acid (from Arabic Azait meaning oil, often represented by the generic formula AH) is typically a water-soluble, sour-tasting chemical compound. In common usage an acid is any substance that, when dissolved in water, gives a solution with a pH of less than 7. In general scientific usage an acid is a molecule or ion that is able to give up a proton (H+ ion) to a base, or accept an unshared pair of electrons from a base. An acid reacts with a base in a neutralization reaction to form a salt. ...more on Wikipedia about "Acid"
Admiral is a word from the Arabic term Amir-al-bahr (commander of the sea). Crusaders learned the term during their encounters with the Arabs, perhaps as early as the 11th century. The Sicilians and later Genoese took the first two parts of the term and used them as one word, amiral. The French and Spanish gave their sea commanders similar titles. As the word was used by people speaking Latin or Latin-based languages it gained the "d" and endured a series of different endings and spellings leading to the English spelling "admyrall" in the 14th century and to "admiral" by the 16th century. ...more on Wikipedia about "Admiral"
Adobe is a building material composed of water, sandy clay and straw or other organic materials, which is shaped into bricks using wooden frames and dried in the sun, also known as Mudbrick . Adobe structures are extremely durable and account for the oldest extant buildings on the planet. Adobe buildings also offer significant advantages in hot, dry climates, as they remain cooler as it stores and releases heat very slowly. ...more on Wikipedia about "Adobe"
Ajam (عجم) in Arabic primarly means non- Arab, or in particular non-Arabic-speaker. According to The Political Language of Islam, Ajam was originally used as a reference to denote those whom Arabs in the Arabian peninsula viewed as 'alien' or outsiders. ** The early application of the term included all of the peoples with whom the Arabs had contact including Persians, Greeks, Ethiopians, and the somewhat related Nabataeans. Over time the term because specialized and referred to Persians almost exclusively as an ethnic term, but varied in its usage from place to place as the early Muslim conquests led to a much wider proliferation of Arabic-speakers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ajam"
Al-hamdu lillahi rabbil 'alamin (Arabic script الحمد لله ربّ ...more on Wikipedia about "Al-hamdu lillahi rabbil 'alamin"
Al-Muwahhidūn (Arabic الموحدون) is an Arabic word meaning 'monotheists' or 'those who believe in the unity of God ( tawhid)' (or literally 'unitarians'), and has been applied to various groups of Muslims at various times. It is the original Arabic name of the North African Almohad dynasty, and one name that the Druze sometimes call themselves. ...more on Wikipedia about "Al-Muwahhidūn"
The albacore (Thunnus alalunga) is an important food fish, a type of tuna ( family Scombridae). It is found in the open waters of all tropical and temperate oceans, and the Mediterranean Sea. ...more on Wikipedia about "Albacore"
Alcalde is the Spanish title of the chief administrator of a town. An alcalde's duties usually include both judicial and administrative functions. The title derives from the Arabic al-qadi, meaning "the judge". ...more on Wikipedia about "Alcalde"
An alcázar is a Spanish castle, from the Arabic word القصر al qasr meaning palace or fortress, from the Latin castellum "fortress" (ultimately from castrum "watchpost"). Many cities in Spain have an alcázar. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alcázar"
Alchemy is an early protoscientific and philosophical discipline combining the elements of chemistry, metallurgy, physics, medicine, astrology, semiotics, mysticism, and art. Alchemy has been practiced in ancient Egypt, India, and China, in Classical Greece and Rome, in the Islamic empire, and then in Europe up to the 19th century — in a complex network of schools and philosophical systems spanning at least 2500 years. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alchemy"
In general usage, alcohol (from Arabic al-kukhūl الكحول = "the spirit", "the chemical".) refers almost always to ethanol, also known as grain alcohol, and often to any beverage that contains ethanol (see alcoholic beverage). This sense underlies the term alcoholism ( addiction to alcohol). Other forms of alcohol are usually described with a clarifying adjective, as in isopropyl alcohol or by the suffix -ol, as in isopropanol. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alcohol"
Aldebaran, (α Tau / α Tauri / Alpha Tauri), is the brightest star in the constellation Taurus and one of the brightest stars in the nighttime sky. Because of its location in the head of Taurus, it has historically been called the Bull's Eye. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aldebaran"
An alembic is an alchemical still consisting of two retorts connected by a tube. Technically, the alembic is only the upper part (the capital or still-head), but the word was often used to refer to the entire distillation apparatus. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alembic"
Alfalfa (family: Fabaceae, the pea family) is a genus of perennial flowering plant, Medicago, most commonly referring to M. sativa L., also called lucerne. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alfalfa"
Algebra is a branch of mathematics which studies structure and quantity. It may be roughly characterized as a generalization and abstraction of arithmetic, in which operations are performed on symbols rather than numbers. It includes elementary algebra, taught to high school students, as well as abstract algebra which covers such structures as groups, rings and fields. Along with geometry and analysis, it is one of the three main branches of mathematics. ...more on Wikipedia about "Algebra"
:ALGOL is also a computer programming language; see ALGOL. ...more on Wikipedia about "Algol"
In mathematics and computer science an algorithm is a finite set of well-defined instructions for accomplishing some task which, given an initial state, will terminate in a corresponding recognizable end-state. Algorithms can be implemented by computer programs. ...more on Wikipedia about "Algorithm"
Alhaji or Al-Hajj (Arabic الحاجّ) is a term of respect used to address a Muslim man who has completed one of the Five Pillars of Islam by going on the Hajj, or religious pilgrimage to Mecca. A woman who has completed the pilgrimage is addressed as Alhajia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alhaji"
Alhamdulillah means "Praise to God" in Arabic, similar to the Hebrew Halel luyah. In everyday speech it simply means "Thank God!" ...more on Wikipedia about "Alhamdulillah"
The word alkali can mean:- ...more on Wikipedia about "Alkali"
Allahu A'alam is a traditional Arabic word used when responding to a question to which one does not know the answer. It is roughly translated as "God knows best." ...more on Wikipedia about "Allahu A`alam"
Almagest is the Latin form of the Arabic name (al-kitabu-l-mijisti, i.e. "The Great Book") of an astronomical/ astrological treatise proposing the complex motions of the stars and planetary paths, originally written in Greek as μαθηματικἠ σύνταξις (Mathematike Syntaxis, "Mathematical Treatise"; later titled Hè Megalè Syntaxis, "The Great Treatise") by Ptolemy of Alexandria, Egypt. The date of Almagest has recently been more precisely established. Ptolemy set up a public inscription at Canopus in Egypt in 147/148 C.E. The late N. T. Hamilton found that the version of Ptolemy's models set out in the Canopic Inscription was earlier than the version in Almagest. Hence Almagest cannot have been completed before about C.E. 150, a quarter century after Ptolemy began observing ** . Its geocentric model was accepted as correct for over a thousand years in Arab and European societies. ...more on Wikipedia about "Almagest" http://www.shortopedia.com - now! shortopedia
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