Can you name the arabisms and the not-arabisms? by tyl

English word	Y/N	Etymology
giraffe		from ‏زرافة‎ zarāfa
Niger
Fomalhaut
bazar		from بازار bāzār (Persian)
caliber		from قالب qālib 'mold'
hashish		from ‏حشيش‎ ḥašīš 'grass'
albino		from albo 'white' (Latin)
alfalfa
Comoros
El Cid		from ‏السيد‎ as-sayyid 'sir'
slut		unsure; Germanic cognates
(coffee) bean		from ‏بن bunn
arsenal
catamaran
mattress		from مطرح maṭrah 'rug'
sorbet		from ‏شربات‎ šarbāt
analysis		from ἀνάλυσις analysis (Greek)
Guadalquivir

English word	Y/N	Etymology
cat		from kattuz (Proto-Germanic)
amok		from amuk (Malay)
cipher		from صفر ṣifr 'zero'
earth		from erþō (Proto-Germanic)
Swahili		from سواحل sawāhil 'coasts'
Satan		from שָׂטָן Śāṭān (Hebrew)
noodle		unsure; Germanic cognates
tariff		from تعريف taʿrīf 'notification'
tantra
Egypt		from Αίγυπτος (Greek)
yogurt		from yoğurt (Turkic)
tare		from ‏طرح‎ ṭarḥ 'discard'
artichoke		from ‏الخرشوف‎ al-haršūf
alkali		from قلى qalā 'to fry'
tamarind
robot		from robota 'labour' (Czech)
Valencia		from Valentia (Latin)
alfalfa	from Valentia (Latin)
alkali	from Valentia (Latin)
arsenal	from Valentia (Latin)
artichoke	from Valentia (Latin)
caliber	from Valentia (Latin)
(coffee) bean	from Valentia (Latin)
giraffe	from Valentia (Latin)
hashish	from Valentia (Latin)
mattress	from Valentia (Latin)
Swahili	from Valentia (Latin)
sorbet	from Valentia (Latin)
tamarind	from Valentia (Latin)
tare	from Valentia (Latin)
tariff	from Valentia (Latin)
cipher	from Valentia (Latin)
Fomalhaut	from Valentia (Latin)
Guadalquivir	from Valentia (Latin)
El Cid	from Valentia (Latin)
Egypt	from Valentia (Latin)
albino	from Valentia (Latin)
cat	from Valentia (Latin)
yogurt	from Valentia (Latin)
tantra	from Valentia (Latin)
bazar	from Valentia (Latin)
catamaran	from Valentia (Latin)
robot	from Valentia (Latin)
amok	from Valentia (Latin)
Comoros	from Valentia (Latin)
Niger	from Valentia (Latin)
Valencia	from Valentia (Latin)
earth	from Valentia (Latin)
analysis	from Valentia (Latin)
Satan	from Valentia (Latin)
slut	from Valentia (Latin)
noodle	from Valentia (Latin)

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