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Words used in Egypt's Arabic language that has English origin or similar, and others used in English but were derived from Arabic.
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English Word	Arabic Pronunciation	Meaning	Comments
Aerial	Airyal	Antenna
Afreet	Afreet	Demon, Naughty boy
Agenda	Agenda
Album	Alboam
Alcohol	Alcohol		of Arabic origin
Algebra	Algabr		of Arabic origin
Allah	Allah	God
Aluminum	Alomonyom
Amber	Anbar
America	Amrica	USA
Anemia	Anemia
Antica	Antika	Antiquity,Old valuables
Arabesque	Arabesk
Arrack	Arack	Arabic liquor
Arsenal	Arsenal		of Arabic origin
Asphalt	Asfalt
Aspirin	Aspreen
Atlas	Atlas
Autobus	Autobees
Automatic	Automatic
Automobile	Automobeel	Car	no longer used
Bachelor	Bakaloryous	B.Sc.
Baksheesh	Baksheesh	Tips	of Persian origin
Bank	Bank
Barbecue	Barbaicue
Baron	Baroan
Basketball	Basketball
Bazaar	Bazaar
Beach buggy	Bitch buggy
Benzene	Banzeen	Gas, Petrol
Billion	Bilion
Bint	Bent	Girl	of Arabic origin
Biscuits	Baskoat	Cookies
Blazer	Blaizer
Boss	Boss
Bouquet	Bouquet
Bravo	Bravo	Well-done
Brooch	Brosh	Breast pin
Bulbul	Bolbol	Nightingale	of Arabic origin
Bulldozer	Buldozer
Burnoose ,Burnus	Burnus
Cable	Cabl	Cable
Cadi	Cadi	Judge
Cafeteria	Cafeteria
Caftan	Koftan	A long full robe	of Persian origin
Camel	Gamal		of Arabic origin
Camera	Camera
Camise	Camees	Shirt
Canal	Canal, Canah	Waterway
Canary	Canary
Cans	Kaans	Beverage tins
Canteen	Canteen
Cap	Cap
Capote	Cappout	Hood, Bonnet
Captain	Capten
Caravan	Caravan
Cash	Cash

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