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The original Arabic word was 'makhAzin' plural of 'makhzan' , meaning 'storehouse'. The English word 'magazine' still may be used in this sense to describe a warehouse, especially one in which explosives and munitions are stored. However, in modern English the word is now most commonly used to describe weekly, monthly or quarterly periodicals that may contain or store a multitude of stories, articles or other writings though these days it seems that advertisements make up the bulk of them!

Both 'zero' and 'cipher' mean the same thing, that is, nothing. Actually that's an oversimplification, perhaps it's better to say that they mean 'the absence of quantity'? Regardless, both words are derived from the Arabic word 'sifr' which also means nuttin'! Zero was part of the Arabic system of numerals borrowed by the Europeans, it came with the package.

However, the Arabs did not create the concept of zero, unknown scholars of south Asia i. Of course the word 'alphabet' was derived from the first two Greek letters 'alpha' and 'beta'. These letters, by the way, were originally of Phoenician origin, with the first two called 'aleph' and 'beth'. Alchemy is a tricky one. Though the 'chem' portion of the word is from the Greek, the 'Al-' prefix Al meaning 'the' in Arabic was added by the Arabs.

Alcove is derived from the Arabic word 'al-qubbah' meaning 'arch'. The word 'al-fasfasah', from which our 'alfalfa' is rooted, likewise referred to that commonly used grain. No, 'alright' was not derived from Arabic The one you wouldn't expect, right?

The word 'average' comes circuitously to English from the original Arabic 'awariyah'. As you may well know, much trade has occurred between Arabs and Europeans throughout history. The term for average apparently derived from the working out of an equitable deal wherein the various parties involved in a shipment of goods paid their fair shares for the damaged goods on board a ship. It all averages out in the end, no?

Camel would make sense, wouldn't it? Actually, the word 'camel' is of Semitic origin, but is probably much more ancient than the Arabic language itself. It has its origin in the Semitic noun 'gml', common amongst languages such as Hebrew and Aramaic. Gazelle and Albatross are also gifts to us from the Arabic, we must thank them for such charming words! The word 'cotton' is originally derived from the Arab word 'qutun', and this makes sense considering that some of the world's best cotton is grown in the Middle East and in India.

The Arabs played a huge role in the cotton trade, and thus the word for cotton came from the Arab traders into the European vocabulary. Which river is the longest in the world - the Amazon or the Nile?

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