ARABIC Influence on Spanish & Portuguese!

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  • This video is about the influence of the Arabic language on Spanish and Portuguese, mainly due to Islamic rule in Al-Andalus.
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  • @Langfocus
    @Langfocus  5 ปีที่แล้ว +333

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    • @amybutterworth8766
      @amybutterworth8766 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mine mine

    • @mohammedmariy4168
      @mohammedmariy4168 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      مفيش ترجمه بالعربى ... يابرنس البرنيس

    • @elshahedytv1985
      @elshahedytv1985 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      شكرا.. هذا مفيد ،🙏❤️

    • @SuperSamer7
      @SuperSamer7 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hello I'm from Syria so I speak Arabic and I also speak Spanish and I came across a lot of the words that you mentioned but I've came across a big set of words that are too close from words in my native dialect such as
      Pantalones بنطلون (pants)
      Camisa قميص (shirt)
      Zapatos صبَّاط (shoes)
      So how can we explain that?
      Taking into consideration that it's a dialect spoken in a relatively far area (it's not close geographically like Morocco for example

    • @durontooprotiroddho8316
      @durontooprotiroddho8316 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And why not. Arab Muslims had ruled Andalusia ( present Spain & Portugal) more than 700 years

  • @TheCristovive
    @TheCristovive 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3212

    There is a word in Spanish that Spanish speaker use a lot, “Ojalá,” which translates into “Hopefully.” This word is a derivative of the Arabic word “Inshalla,” which means “If Allah wills it.”

    • @humbertosoares1378
      @humbertosoares1378 4 ปีที่แล้ว +400

      I think it is the Oxalá in Portuguese

    • @sigithandoyo6227
      @sigithandoyo6227 4 ปีที่แล้ว +186

      Ojala=oxala=Insya Allah

    • @texabara
      @texabara 3 ปีที่แล้ว +117

      ¡Oh Alá!
      Saludos desde Puerto Rico 🇵🇷

    • @PedroNunes-ve1vt
      @PedroNunes-ve1vt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +182

      there is a word in portuguese "oxalá" that literally means "if God wills it"

    • @TheCristovive
      @TheCristovive 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      @@PedroNunes-ve1vt Com certeza! parte de Portugal também foi conquistada pelos moros porém muitas palavras espanholas e portuguesas que são derivadas do árabe têm semelhança entre as duas línguas.

  • @LearnArabicwithMaha
    @LearnArabicwithMaha 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4092

    Such an honour to be part of this video! Thank you Paul👏🏾💜

    • @micabelton4040
      @micabelton4040 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      مرحبا! ظننت أنني سمعت اليك في الفيديو!

    • @graybow2255
      @graybow2255 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Welcome from a Syrian.

    • @leonardog.574
      @leonardog.574 6 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      My two favorite youtube channels in one place. Thanks to you I started learning Japanese and Arabic. Now I have the N3 of Japanese and the B1 of Arabic :)

    • @nelsonricardo3729
      @nelsonricardo3729 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Thank you for your clear pronunciation!

    • @Zeugnimodms
      @Zeugnimodms 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      As in Lonely Maha from my Arabic textbook?

  • @laithal-sheyadi6407
    @laithal-sheyadi6407 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4120

    In Arabic we use Fulan and fulana to refer to anonymous male or female

    • @brunopimentel5804
      @brunopimentel5804 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1207

      We use exactly the same in Portuguese

    • @Byezbozhnik
      @Byezbozhnik 6 ปีที่แล้ว +747

      In Spanish "fulano", "fulana". It can also be used derogatively.

    • @saudiarabia2033
      @saudiarabia2033 6 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      والله انتو يازوله تخربون كل ماهو جميل بخصوص العرب لاانكم بااختصار افارقه موعرب ياليت تحلون عن سمانا

    • @الحجريالازدي
      @الحجريالازدي 6 ปีที่แล้ว +255

      @@saudiarabia2033 فالحقيقه نسبة كبيره من السودانيين هم فالأصل عرب اقحاح ويعود نسبهم الى قبائل عربيه عدنانيه وقحطانيه لكن سبب اكتسابهم لون البشره الغامق هو تزاوجهم من الشعوب الافريقيه المجاوره لهم

    • @saudiarabia2033
      @saudiarabia2033 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      هههههههههه اكذب على نفسك العرب مايتزاوجون الا بين بعضهم وهذا دليل انهم افارقه موعرب

  • @elemanuel6079
    @elemanuel6079 4 ปีที่แล้ว +330

    My mother's hometown in Mexico is named Guadalajara which comes from the Arabic 'Wadi al-Hajara' (valley of stones). Arab influence is definitely embedded in Spanish language.

    • @morocco_020fc7
      @morocco_020fc7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Also 99% of all the towns of Spain and a lot of towns in Portugal are Arab as they were good in geography even Madrid comes from Arabic meaning water flow or something like that

    • @a.slatopolsky82
      @a.slatopolsky82 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@morocco_020fc7 99%? 😂😂😂 I'm from the northern-central coast of Spain and we have no arabic names here.

    • @Khalid-pb2ft
      @Khalid-pb2ft 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@a.slatopolsky82 why are you mad he is not insulting you? Also nearly all of Iberian peninsula was under muslim control for 800 years so that’s why there’s a lot of Arabic names like for schools, streets and even cities

    • @BiglerSakura
      @BiglerSakura 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      There is a city with the same name in Spain, probably they replicated it in the New World.
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guadalajara,_Spain

    • @Jose-pk9cm
      @Jose-pk9cm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Tha was mentioned in this video lol

  • @gasty86
    @gasty86 5 ปีที่แล้ว +904

    One arabic influence word i used everyday is "Almohada" (pillow).

  • @jorllima
    @jorllima 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1953

    as a spanish architect I can tell you the arabic words that still remain in my job:
    Aljibe (water tank) الجب (al-Gubb)
    Alfeizar (base of the window) (al-hayza)
    Albañil (construction worker) البنّاء (al-bannāˀ)
    Alicatado (tiled surface) (al-qataa)
    Adoquin (cobble) ل (al-) دكان (al-dokken)
    Alcázar (a type of castle) القصر (Al qasr)
    Alcoba (bedroom) (al-qubbah) Dome
    Adobe (mud bricks) طوب (Tuba)
    Azotea (roof) سطح (Sath)
    Azulejo (ceramic tile) الزليج (az-zulaiy)
    Alfiz (window molding) (ḥayyiz)
    Alcantarilla (main sewer) (al-quntarah)
    Albañal (secondary sewer) (al-ballaá)
    Albayalde (lead white paint) (al-bayūd)
    Tabique (partition wall) تشبيك (tasbik)
    Etc..

    • @danvasii9884
      @danvasii9884 6 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      What about Alcatraz? The prison island that is famous, now museum? It pretty seems a Spanish name....

    • @jorgepodesta427
      @jorgepodesta427 6 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      ​@@danvasii9884 alcatraz in Spanish refers to a some species of seagull, probably also comes from the Arabic bc the root "Al"

    • @MrBraveheart1191
      @MrBraveheart1191 6 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      Jorge Podestá I think you got it, it sounds like Albatross, so I googled the Arabic for albatross and it showed “alkatris tayir”

    • @DanRyzESPUK
      @DanRyzESPUK 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@danvasii9884 Taking into account that it once belonged to Spain, and Alcatraz is a kind of bird and there are some places in Spain called Alcatraz....

    • @eddiemill6600
      @eddiemill6600 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I'm Portuguese speaker (Brazilian portuguese) and we use alcova (not commonly used), azulejo, adobe e tabica.

  • @hv4329
    @hv4329 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1827

    (I'm Spanish) The word "pillow" in Spanish "almohada" comes from Arabic as most Spanish words with an h in-between vowels

    • @7ewartime
      @7ewartime 4 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      Hugo V. It is in arabic al mukhada المخدة

    • @Caio-sw7hh
      @Caio-sw7hh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +162

      im portuguese its almofada

    • @Allinda.
      @Allinda. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      Yes in Arabic it's Almakhada or makhada .

    • @tusharbhosale599
      @tusharbhosale599 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      What is Spanish origin word for Pillow.

    • @bythebayou5351
      @bythebayou5351 4 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      Most Spanish words that start with "al" are Arabic origin.

  • @solafashamira4475
    @solafashamira4475 3 ปีที่แล้ว +336

    Arabic also made a generous contribution to Sawhili and the local languages in East Africa. A great deal of Swahili words are borrowed from Arabic like: Chai, Yaani, samaki..fish, Subuh..morning, Salama...peace, Karibu and the list is endless. Thanks for the video

    • @aminmohammed3234
      @aminmohammed3234 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I’m half Yemeni Half Kenyan and i noticed that most of the Swahili words originated from Arabic .

    • @lxu1711
      @lxu1711 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Chai means tea?

    • @solafashamira4475
      @solafashamira4475 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@lxu1711 yes

    • @Wolf-pj1nk
      @Wolf-pj1nk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Arabic language

    • @dalesoucier877
      @dalesoucier877 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@solafashamira4475
      Swahili is an Arabic word meaning coast in plural

  • @hawyercruz3618
    @hawyercruz3618 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3042

    One heavily used word in Spanish is indeed Arabic: "Ojalá", meaning "God willing" and interchangeable with "I wish"

    • @vlad.the.impaler.
      @vlad.the.impaler. 6 ปีที่แล้ว +476

      Oxalá in portuguese

    • @wythore
      @wythore 6 ปีที่แล้ว +241

      Same as in portuguese! "Oxalá" that is translated as "Hopefully" as in "Hopefully this will work" for instance

    • @portal6347
      @portal6347 6 ปีที่แล้ว +141

      Also hasta is from arabic

    • @thecleitom9497
      @thecleitom9497 6 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      @@vlad.the.impaler. Dude I always thought that Oxalá was borrowed from the bantu languages via slaves. The more you know.

    • @طزفيكمياقوكل
      @طزفيكمياقوكل 6 ปีที่แล้ว +190

      @@thecleitom9497 إن شاء الله = in-sha-lláh

  • @hermicruz9937
    @hermicruz9937 6 ปีที่แล้ว +918

    In Portugal, the word "Oxalá" is used, which in Arabic is "Insha Allah", meaning God willing in english.

    • @raissaalessia
      @raissaalessia 6 ปีที่แล้ว +110

      We use oxalá in Brazil also. I always thought It was an african word 😂

    • @qscaszx
      @qscaszx 6 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      Ojalá in spanish

    • @redademe
      @redademe 6 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      The Moors used to say Oh Allah when they prayed to God for something, which became Ojalá and Oxalá in Spanish and Portuguese.

    • @raissaalessia
      @raissaalessia 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@redademe oxalá* in portuguese.

    • @FlyperMultiGames
      @FlyperMultiGames 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@raissaalessia in fact it comes from arabic and is largely used in Portugal and Spanish speakers countries.

  • @graybow2255
    @graybow2255 6 ปีที่แล้ว +365

    What's unique and valuable in all Paul's videos (unlike many language learning videos) is that they are informative, reliable, up-to-date, accurate, illustrated and not time-wasting.
    Edit: Thanks for all the likes. The first time I get so many :)

    • @graybow2255
      @graybow2255 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@Fenditokesdialect To err is human. Even edited books have mistakes. And he did the re-upload because of one minor mistake which he explained. And it is totally unfair to focus on one mistake and discard all I have said about his videos.

    • @graybow2255
      @graybow2255 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Fenditokesdialect You're welcome.

    • @graybow2255
      @graybow2255 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Fenditokesdialect Not at all.

    • @Anonymus-z3z
      @Anonymus-z3z 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It is because Paul is a linguist and not a regular "hobby polyglotte" like many others. Besides he speaks very distant languages, so he knows very well a variety of phenomes and can explain them in a way everyone can understand.

    • @Anonymus-z3z
      @Anonymus-z3z 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If you say that, you are surely a linguist yourself, aren't you?

  • @HelgaCavoli
    @HelgaCavoli 3 ปีที่แล้ว +188

    6:10 Arabic and its two types of consonants (Sun and Moon) are one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen in a language. I mean, very poetic.

    • @kitapcicegi6936
      @kitapcicegi6936 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I remember that these "Sun" and "Moon" letters are used for two tajweed rules.

    • @moukafaslouka4796
      @moukafaslouka4796 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      It's really out of necessity. Al Qamar. القمر Meaning The Moon. Has the L letter that is pronounced. A-Shams. الشمس. Meaning The Sun. Has an L in it that is silent.
      It was convenient to call a silent L Sun and a pronounced L Moon.

    • @saeedgnu
      @saeedgnu ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They are "Sunny" and "Moony" in Arabic, which makes them sound cuter in English!

    • @فتىالعرب-غ9غ
      @فتىالعرب-غ9غ ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Please note that Arabic is a miraculous language unlike any other language. I mean standard Arabic not the colloquial dialects . A normal illiterate Arab can understand well the Quran and the Hadith well inspite of the fact that they are dated back 15 centuries ago, while for example highly educated people of you can't understand English 7 centuries ago.and so do all the other nations regarding their respective languages.
      Standard Arabic is not only represented in the religious books but also in newspapers , many tv shows, all tv news, historical tv drama , documental channels and even children cartoons. and of course in the educational system.
      many Arabs communicate in comments in standard Arabic as not every Arab is supposed to know the colloquial dialect of the other.
      From the other hand Shakespearean English for example is not used in educational system, not used in cartoons , not used in tv shows and tv news , not used in newspapers. It's only used to study old literature and theater.
      All the languages that were contemporary to Arabic are now dead. Aramaic, Assyrian, Coptic , Greek, latin.etc. We are lucky to have a library of 15 centuries books , that an Arab can read directly in their original texts, while other nations have a library of books that can't go past 5 centuries ago, otherwise they would need a translation to nowadays language to understand.
      So Arabic is the oldest live language now on earth. Can you guess why? Why Arabic in particular?
      Whereas ANY OTHER LANGUAGE, their people usually can't keep it for more than 5 centuries ,and it alters gradually and a new language is born and so on.
      I hope you get my point of view
      and I would welcome your criticizing opinions if any. Thanks alot

    • @HelgaCavoli
      @HelgaCavoli ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@فتىالعرب-غ9غ Isn't Hebrew a language that fits your criteria? Only with consonants and "everlasting"? Funny enough it's the other "literate" culture with the "one God/creator of all" that I know of. Both praised written language and didn't like to 1) disrespect the deity and 2) praise an image of it (which I appreciate a lot).

  • @shamerzaihan8638
    @shamerzaihan8638 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1362

    This is the most respectful and intelligent comment section on youtube rn

    • @albinajeta8882
      @albinajeta8882 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Says stalin

    • @ابوصالحالزهراني-ش4ظ
      @ابوصالحالزهراني-ش4ظ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@albinajeta8882 ههههههههههههههههههه

    • @southarabia0
      @southarabia0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@albinajeta8882
      😂

    • @ΆγιοςΧίλαριος
      @ΆγιοςΧίλαριος 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Actually there are a few battles between Arabs and Tamazight lmao

    • @Allinda.
      @Allinda. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      But the replies on the comments are not respectful and intelligent, some jealous berber are furious they even start to lie and say those words are Amazigh not Arabic 😂😂.

  • @LoganABC100
    @LoganABC100 5 ปีที่แล้ว +284

    i'm brazilian, and i always suspected that "alface" (lettuce), álcool (alcohol) and alquimia were related to the arabics.

    • @ree9487
      @ree9487 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Yeah because of the "al" sound

    • @fatimaclementinadiasteixei8097
      @fatimaclementinadiasteixei8097 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Portugal temos milhentas palavras de origem árabe, principalmente de terras, Algarve, Alentejo Alenquer Almodôvar, Almancil, Alandroal, Alhandra, Almada, etc, etc....etc.

    • @WilliamFord972
      @WilliamFord972 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      “Alcohol” comes from Arabic “al kuhl,” meaning “the essence,” referring to the essence of wine.

    • @joecofamily
      @joecofamily 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You are right, Spanish does the same thing!

    • @reddituser6403
      @reddituser6403 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@WilliamFord972 or the essence of the sugar, that makes more sense. Coz alcohol is sort of a sugar

  • @el_xochipilli
    @el_xochipilli 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1116

    Here in Mexico we use an Arabic word that is used in nowhere else of the Spanish-speaking world: alberca, in Arabic is البركة , which means " the pond" and we use it to refer to a swimming pool. Most other Spanish-speakers use piscina, which is derived from Latin.
    In rural Mexico you'll be able to hear many words from Arabic origin because this country was colonized by the Spanish merely 30 years after the fall of Granada. They will often refer to blue eyes as "zarcos", which comes from the Arabic word for blue الأزرق.

    • @yassintriggerdellarobia
      @yassintriggerdellarobia 6 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      Wow it's interesting

    • @LojaCompany
      @LojaCompany 6 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      En España sì que existe y se usa la palabra "alberca", pero con un significado ligeramente distinto. Aquí se utiliza para denotar una piscina de agua al abierto de uso exclusivamente agrícola. Zarcos sin embargo no lo he escuchado nunca

    • @davidsuarezdelis5856
      @davidsuarezdelis5856 6 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      As José Antonio mentions, "alberca" is indeed used in Spain, it refers to water ponds for agricultural uses, which are ubiquitous throughout the South and East parts of Andalucía, Murcia and País Valenciano (the most and longest Arab-controlled territories of all the peninsula). Even today, many people builds pools and calls them albercas so they don't have to pay the corresponding immobiliary tax to Hacienda (IRS...)... typical Spanish... :-) And yes, "ojos zarcos" is still used in Spain as well, although is not a common expression anymore... It's, nevertheless, common and typical that peripheral areas are more conservative that more central areas: most american Spanish is, in many ways, more conservative and even somewhat archaic in usage when compared to Spain: that's something that happens with all languages and it's wonderful, so many beautiful words that fall in oblivion here keep living and well out there! With most of the speakers outside Spain, it's reassuring, the vocabulary of the language will keep rich and varied for a long time... :-)

    • @ninibbinar8247
      @ninibbinar8247 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      amazing !

    • @RoderickVI
      @RoderickVI 6 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      In Peru "alberca" is also used, it just denotes a pond rather than a pool. In Catalan the word for "alberca" is "safareig", "piscina" is just "piscina".
      Maybe in parts of Mexico alberca is used instead of piscina because people used to go for a swim in ponds? Some countries have the tradition of pond swimming, even if that is lost now, it might give way to your word for it.

  • @abdalazizaljehni6553
    @abdalazizaljehni6553 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Im Arabic, and im impressed of the amount of accurate information in this video and the fact that you know what words we stopped using, great job 👍🏻💯

  • @luizabraga7464
    @luizabraga7464 5 ปีที่แล้ว +217

    Alface, azeite, bairro... the Arabic vocabulary is super common on our day-by-day. Usually we learn at school that “many words that stars with ‘a’” is a result of Arabic influence, haha. It was super nice to finally understand why. Thanks, Paul. Great video (as always)!

    • @safaalharere4223
      @safaalharere4223 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      ❤❤

    • @AshrafAnam
      @AshrafAnam 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      _al-Asāsiyyīn_ (أساسيين‎) "The Foundationalists," _al-Hashshāshīn_ (حشاشين) "Hashish smokers," _al-Kuhl_ (الكحل‎) "distilled spirit"

    • @yogeshmalviya6529
      @yogeshmalviya6529 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Almoço, amarga, azeda?

    • @arc8696
      @arc8696 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Almazara. Alfeizar. Desvan. Aljibe

    • @dannyyo7948
      @dannyyo7948 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      it is so sad that part of the world has tried to erase their past from Islamic influence .. Islam brought renaissance to Europe. It was a very good time there at that time. i am so glad youtube is teaching history. :)

  • @GPrinceps
    @GPrinceps 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1626

    As a native Spanish speaker, I'm fascinated by the influence of Arabic in Spanish, and by this time period. When I was 7-8 (Internet didn't exist lol) I had a Larousse dictionary and it had a section on Arab art, culture, language, etc. I was in love with the Arabic alphabet (abjad, actually) and modified it to write in Spanish, lol. So I wrote on many notebooks in something that looked like fake Arabic but was actually Spanish. :P Unfortunately, Arabic is as beautiful as it is difficult. I dare say Arabs have an easier time with Spanish than we Hispanophones do with Arabic. Allah knows I just can't pronounce ʿayn correctly no matter what! Maybe one day I'll put in more effort. I still love Arabic, though, and Arab countries' food and music. :D

    • @mb8kr
      @mb8kr 6 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      Hola senor I'm kabyle north coast of Algeria, I went to Spain a couple of times to ibiza mallorca, marbella. I fell in love with the beauty of Spain in general, I hold it my heart Spain is the closest European country by history and landscape. I guess we should all cherish and treasure the history that made Spain for what it is. A real treasure.

    • @jms12411
      @jms12411 6 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      Arabic alphabet, Arabic language , arabs and the letter ayn all love you 😄😘♥️🌹
      Keep learning. Once you know the alphabet ot gets easier, and dont mind learning perfect grammar , it is so hard ,even us are not good at it at all. 😘

    • @graybow2255
      @graybow2255 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      They love you too :)

    • @alidiab4890
      @alidiab4890 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Much luv, bro♥️♥️
      Enjoy learning *Arabic*

    • @ahmedelkhwaga2751
      @ahmedelkhwaga2751 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Wow just ayn so you can prounce ض
      Allah bless you 🌹

  • @danielgonzalezlopez2147
    @danielgonzalezlopez2147 4 ปีที่แล้ว +525

    This video just blew my mind, I had no idea I was using sooo many Spanish words with an Arabic origin! Literally 50% of the products I have in my kitchen: azucar, naranjas, aceitunas, aceite, azafran, albaricoques, zanahorias...

    • @advitam31
      @advitam31 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      and many others things ..like why latinos and spaniards they are like arabs and muslims ..they have names of 3 part ( like u lol.. daniel gonzalez lopez ...others christians people or european people they use 2...just first name and family name )....they get from muslims who lives inspain and mexico after 1492 ...and the name jesus is popular in latinos world bcz muslims use it a lot to hide and protect themselves from spanish acquisition after 1492 ...they use aissa = jesus in arabic.
      watch this video and u will understund evrything
      th-cam.com/video/_cF_IMEMc0k/w-d-xo.html

    • @goodaimshield1115
      @goodaimshield1115 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@advitam31 Nah, the surnames things does not come from the muslims. Many people have two first names as well, actually, that's the most common thing in Spain.

    • @leoc326
      @leoc326 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@advitam31 from medieval times to the 1800's was common for people (especially higher social classes) to have like 5 names or more
      take libertador Simón Bolivar for example:
      Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar Palacios Ponte y Blanco
      and I don't know other languages bur I see that was also common in german, and I guess in other romance languages

    • @MuhammadJunaidAshraf
      @MuhammadJunaidAshraf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Taza

    • @laboranordgb
      @laboranordgb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      En français également nous avons de nombreux mots provenant de l'arabe mais ces mots sont phonétiquement moins marqués par la prononciation arabe et sonnent plus doux à l'oreille
      In French we also have many words from Arabic but these words are phonetically less marked by the Arabic pronunciation and sound softer in the ears.

  • @Rosereto
    @Rosereto 3 ปีที่แล้ว +236

    I'm from originally from Valencia and my grandmas use to say "ma" instead of "aigua" (Catalan word for water) to ask the kids. "Ma" is water in Arabic. My region's towns are predominantly Arab names: Almàssera, Benimuslem, Albalat, Alaquàs, Benimaclet, Benicàssim, Almenara, Albuixech, etc...

    • @faresinho667
      @faresinho667 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      يالله عندما قرأت كلمة فالنسيا لن تصدق انا من السعوديه وأدمنت حب فريق كرة القدم فالنسيا عندما كنت صغيرا اعوام 2001 -2003 -2002 عندما كان فالنسيا قوي جدا ويصعد نهائي ابطال اوروبا واستمريت في متابعة هذا الفريق وعشقه وفي السنوات الاخيره اصبح اقل حبا له بسبب النتائج السيئه ولكن لا زال قلبي ينبض بحب فالنسيا

    • @alribhaa
      @alribhaa 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Very nice...I really want to travel to your country to learn about your civilization and traditions and customs

    • @SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands
      @SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ma is also hebrew...how many "arab" words i wonder came from hebrew into spanish...

    • @zarulluraz7033
      @zarulluraz7033 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands both are semitic language, so have many similar word. Jews and arab living together side by side for thousands years.

    • @mansurel-feleq6267
      @mansurel-feleq6267 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Hebrew didn't have that authority, so none

  • @hugodellacella
    @hugodellacella 6 ปีที่แล้ว +205

    Another Portuguese word that is very common but did not appear in the video is "almofada", which comes from the Arabic "al-mokhada", which is a type of pillow.

    • @SachaCubesLatino
      @SachaCubesLatino 6 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Also spanish "Almohada" ^-^

    • @ledpharmacy
      @ledpharmacy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yes, also Forno which in Arabic we say Forn

    • @محمدعباس-ن7د7ط
      @محمدعباس-ن7د7ط 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SachaCubesLatino مخدة

    • @SachaCubesLatino
      @SachaCubesLatino 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@محمدعباس-ن7د7ط أنا أسف. انا لا اتحدث العربية.

    • @محمدعباس-ن7د7ط
      @محمدعباس-ن7د7ط 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@SachaCubesLatino There is no need for sorry just so the word is written in Arabic Especially in Iraq are used

  • @NonChildStories
    @NonChildStories 6 ปีที่แล้ว +152

    There are also some Arabic words in Russian:
    магазин < مخازن
    алкоголь < الكحول
    алгебра < الجبر
    фитиль < فتيل
    цифра < صفر
    Also a lot of astronomic names in European languages.

    • @بوفارسبونورا-ص7ه
      @بوفارسبونورا-ص7ه 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Do not forget :
      Sandok , banadora , arabat .

    • @theOneRizzolliMick
      @theOneRizzolliMick 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Most of those words also exist in many other European languages.

    • @أدرار_ؤمعروف
      @أدرار_ؤمعروف 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      بو فارس بو فارس
      برنامج ناستيا سفيب صار ليه تأثير ها؟ 😂

    • @cometmoon4485
      @cometmoon4485 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's unexpected. When/where did Arabic and Russian speakers historically come into contact?

    • @karimmoureau
      @karimmoureau 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      There is a movie called the 13th warrior with Antonio Bnderas. It's a true story, of course, in the movie they change it a bit. An Ambassador called Ibn Fadlan travelled to the Volga through Persia and Caspian sea. From there he crossed south Russia till Ukrain. That was in the 921 A.D and he was the first who describes the Viking. I think from that date, there were a lot of commercial exchanges between Arabs and Bilad al Rus (Russia) and of course with business there is the exchange of languages. Arabic also took many words from other cultures.

  • @locoporelcine1
    @locoporelcine1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +787

    My last name is Alcántara, it comes from al-qantarat, which means The bridge.

    • @MrAmjad989
      @MrAmjad989 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Correct

    • @goldenball1939
      @goldenball1939 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      yes sir , in arabic : القنطرة

    • @alisaleh1000
      @alisaleh1000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Intersting

    • @Imadel9957
      @Imadel9957 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Yes that's right... Alcantara means the bridge in arabic... القنطرة

    • @MRHenHen
      @MRHenHen 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      What a unique & interesting surname 😊. There was a Spanish Filipino footballer who played for Barcelona FC with the same surname as yours 👍😊

  • @PeterSolerom
    @PeterSolerom 2 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Spanish is my mother tongue and the influence Arabic has in it has always fascinated me. The word I notice the most are the ones starting with AL, my favorite one being Almohada (pillow)

    • @oceanheadted
      @oceanheadted 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I noticed quite a few Arabic words when I studied it for a short while which looked similar to Spanish, like “Almacén” which comes from Al makzan.

  • @ashrquan
    @ashrquan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    The comments are more beautiful than the video ,, i would love to thank you all for your beautiful spirit

  • @joelcoelho5841
    @joelcoelho5841 5 ปีที่แล้ว +143

    I love this video but the comment session is out of this world, I've never seen anything like it. I am happy that people can communicate in a civilized way. Congratulations from Portugal.

    • @fofofofo1182
      @fofofofo1182 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Joel Paulino excellent answer !.we are all human. IikePortugal and Spain Iam from Iraq.

    • @vianized5248
      @vianized5248 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ikr, I've seen a video on youtube but it was talking about history of the same topic, the comment section is bloodbath LOL

  • @AlWarzy
    @AlWarzy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +767

    هذا الفيديو فيه تقديم جميل و علمي حيادي خالٍ من التأثيرات الإيديولوجية و السياسية.
    مبنيّ على دراية و بحث دقيق في التاريخ و علم اللّسانيات الإجتماعي. شكراً لك سيد بول، لم أصادف في حياتي أعجمياً يعرف لسان العرب مثلك.

    • @jgogoingthingdozrknhgdfjk9909
      @jgogoingthingdozrknhgdfjk9909 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      هذا من أصول بربريه مستعرب وإنما الحقيقه والواقع العربان ليس لهم تأثير على الأسباني البرتغالي والأوروبي وإنما المسلمين هم من لهم تأثير على الأسباني البرتغالي والأوروبي هذهي شعوب لاتحترم العربي رغم تلزقكم فيهم

    • @zee8597
      @zee8597 5 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      @@jgogoingthingdozrknhgdfjk9909 هههه نحن لا ننكر تواجد إثنيات عرقية أخرى غير العرب إبان الفتوحات الإسلامية في أوروبا مثل الأمازيغ و القوط و الأتراك و غيرهم.... لكن الهيمنة و السيطرة الثقافية و اللغوية خاصة في شبه الجزيرة الإيبيرية كانت من نصيب العرب.. فلذلك نجد مخطوطات ،كتابات، و كلمات عربية لا زالت حاضرة إلى يومنا هذا ..

    • @zee8597
      @zee8597 5 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      @@jgogoingthingdozrknhgdfjk9909
      كل إناء بما فيه ينضح..
      *لا حول و لا قوة إلا بالله .. الله يصلحك و يهديك*..
      أولا أنا علقت و أبديت رأيي بكل أدب و احترام و لم أشتم أو أسب أمواتا لا أفقه عنهم شيئا..
      ثانيا، هل يمكنك أن تدلني على مراجع كتب أو من الأنترنيت لأطلع على الحضارة الأمازيغية في أوروبا ؟
      لأني أعرف فقط حضارة الأمازيغ في شمال إفريقيا ...
      ♧ملحوظة : إذا كنت أمازيغيا كما تدعي لماذا تستعمل كلمة "البربر" عوض الأمازيغ ؟فالمعلوم أنها كلمة ذخيلة دسها المستعمر الفرنسي لخلق صورة نمطية و انطباع سلبي عن الأمازيغ الأحرار!

    • @jgogoingthingdozrknhgdfjk9909
      @jgogoingthingdozrknhgdfjk9909 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@zee8597 هههههه الأمازيغ اسم ولقب حديث للبربر وقبل الإسلام كانوا يسمون قبايل البربر ومازال موجود هذهي التسميه حتى الآن في الكتب القديمة وحتى بعض كتب العرب القديمه يسمون بالبربر وهذا ليس عيبآ أن الإنسان يرجع إلى أصله واساسه أما الحضاره في أوروبا فهيا بسبب البربر وهيا حضاره اسلاميه لأن من نشر وفتح بعض البلدان الاوروبيه هم المرابطين البربر بقيادة طارق بن زياد العربان ليس لهم حضاره تذكر في أوروبا وإنما هيا حضاره اسلاميه وليست عربيه أو بربريه المسلمين نشرو حضارة الإسلام والآن انسلبة قومية البربر وأصبحوا مستعربين لاقوميه

    • @AchrafAchraf-cz2et
      @AchrafAchraf-cz2et 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@jgogoingthingdozrknhgdfjk9909 هههههه تعيي صاحبي، بهدولنا يا الكوافا

  • @missisfreddiemercury
    @missisfreddiemercury 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    As an Arab from Lebanon, I recognise lots of Arabic words when learning Spanish. And I visited Guadalajara in Mexico in 2019. It is cool that the name is from Arabic origin.

    • @EdyMar77
      @EdyMar77 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They took the name of a city in Spain , the same as New York , took the name of the english city of York.

  • @MatheusAugustos
    @MatheusAugustos 6 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    Man watching this video from a brazilian perspective was great! You did a tremendous job, I'll definately tell these curiosities to my friends, very interesting. We usually talk about those Arabic influences in our language, specially professors, but what you have done here helped me on how to look more thoroughly into this regard. The story of the name of Portugal are wide spread in the Brazilian community.
    Here the word "Saguão" is commonly used, it's like a big lobby. Alface, laranja, azeitona, algodão are trivial we use them a lot.
    Cheers from Brazil!

    • @Omegaeon1
      @Omegaeon1 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Matheus Augusto cheers from Algeria, North Africa 😊

    • @chawquee
      @chawquee 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      saguao ..in my country Tunisia we have a city called zaghuan which means the city on a plateau that have water inside....myself i lived in portugal and i understand both languages spanish and portugal there are nearly 4000 arabic words in spanish that came from arabic also there the common sense of humour cuisine like us in maghreb (tunisia algeria morrocco) ...we call arabic influence in general but in fact it is more morre effect than arabs themselves not alot of common between you and the middleast but much more with us tunisia algeria and morrocoo..since also i lived in saudi arabia and am living for 20 years in turkey ...iberia have alot of common with north africa maghreb in a n rvident obvious way

  • @JoaoMiguel-gb4qv
    @JoaoMiguel-gb4qv 6 ปีที่แล้ว +201

    As an Arab who lives in Brazil I can tell there are many words Brazilians use them on a daily basis and they are from Arab origin, here are some of them (many they have equivalent in Spanish):
    #. Word in Portuguese "pronunciation in Pt", Arabic word "pronunciation in Ar", (Meaning Pt/ Ar).
    1. Tarifa تعرفة (Fee/ tariff)
    2. Fulano/fulana فلان/فلانة (someone)
    3. Taça "Tassa" طاسة (wine glass/ goblet)
    4. Alfaiate "awfayache" الخياط "Alkhayatt" (Taylor)
    5. Alface "awfasse" الخس "Alkhas" (lettuce).
    6. Jarra "jahha" جرة "jarra" (jar)
    7. Garrafa "Gahhafa" غرافة "gharrafa" (bottle/ ladle)
    8. Alfandega "awfandaga" الخندقة "alkhandaga" (customs/Not used)
    9. Sabonete "saboneche" صابون "Saboon" (soap)
    10. Limão ليمون "Laimoon" (lemon or lime)
    11. Xarope شراب "Sharab" (syrup/ drink)
    12. Tambor طنبور (drum/ musical instrument).
    13. Camisa قميص " Camiss" (shirt)
    14. Mesquinho مسكين (stingy / poor)
    15. Pato بطة "batta" ( duck)
    16. Papagaio ببغاء "babagha'a" (parrot)
    17. Alvará البراء (autorização)
    18. Almofada المخدة "almokhada" (cushion/ pillow)
    19. Forno فرن "forn" (oven)
    20. Álcool الكحول "Alcohol" (alcohol)
    21. Alicate "alicatche" اللاقط "allaket" (pliers/ tongs)
    22. Xadrez شطرنج "Shtranj" (chess)
    23. Armazém "ahmazem" المخزن "almakhzan" ( warehouse)
    24. Copo كوب (Glass)

    • @joaoweimar8087
      @joaoweimar8087 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hazem Jumaa I’m Brazilian some of these words had Arabic origin too. :)

    • @JoaoMiguel-gb4qv
      @JoaoMiguel-gb4qv 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@joaoweimar8087 All the words I mentioned they are Arabic origin words.
      Todas as palavras que escrevi em cima são de origem árabe.

    • @joaoweimar8087
      @joaoweimar8087 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @Hazem Jumaa I’m sorry, there was a problem with my comment, I meant I’m Brazilian didn’t know some of these words had Arab origin. :)

    • @laexploradoraaaXD
      @laexploradoraaaXD 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Spanish has some of these too. Camisa, ajedrez, copa, alicate, horno, alcohol, jabón, almacén, and limón.

    • @JoaoMiguel-gb4qv
      @JoaoMiguel-gb4qv 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@laexploradoraaaXD Thank you for writing the equivalent words in Spanish. :)

  • @TheManWhoDoubts
    @TheManWhoDoubts 6 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    Tamarindo = تمر هندي "Tamar Hindi" = tamarind in English which means "Indian Date"

    • @yesemeowmeow
      @yesemeowmeow 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Tamarindo in spanish

    • @Deri78
      @Deri78 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Tamarindo in portuguese as well

    • @VazquezAxel
      @VazquezAxel 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      TheManWhoDoubts In Mexico, Tamarindo is like a type of candy.

    • @TheManWhoDoubts
      @TheManWhoDoubts 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@VazquezAxel Yes we make a candy out of it as well in Arabia.

    • @mrpellagra2730
      @mrpellagra2730 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Demirhindi! A rare type of fruit...

  • @metacarpitan
    @metacarpitan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Once I was in Jerusalem with my father and we were in a restaurant we were trying to chose a meal and I said we could have some olives (azeitona) in portuguese the waiter was shocked he thought I said it in arabic, apparently it is a very similar word.

    • @mett_2004
      @mett_2004 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      in informal Arabic they pronunce it like "azzaytun" also in Persian (an Indo-European language spoken in Iran) it is called "zeitōn"

    • @gabrielleangelica1977
      @gabrielleangelica1977 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Spanish as well. Aceituna.

  • @antonio6david
    @antonio6david 6 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    As a Spanish native speaker and an Arabic learner, I have to say that we do use loads of words come from Arabic, like جبلي (which means inhabitant of the mounts, that originates the Spanish word jabalí), sugar, oil and rice as you said (azúcar, aceite, arroz), and other ones in more formal contexts, like atalaya, which comes from the Arabic word اطليعة, but the one that we use more, or that’s what I think, is ojalá (hopefully), which comes from و شاءالله /wa shallah/, and it means if God wills

    • @fatmak1815
      @fatmak1815 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Antonio David its (in shallah )to be more clear ..إن شاء الله

    • @أحمد-ث4ه4د
      @أحمد-ث4ه4د 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Antonio Is Spanish different from each country ? Like Do you have different dialects or It's the same thing ??

    • @Espectador666
      @Espectador666 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@أحمد-ث4ه4د It is almost the same, the pronunciation and accent changes. Also some words are more used or only used in some countries, for example the mexican "pinche", where i live that word is not used at all. There are a lot of cases like this throughout the countries and even (in mine) between provinces accent and some words change a bit. But if you learn spanish in whatever country and you go to another you will still understand and be understood. The base is the same in all spanish speaking countries.

    • @yuzan3607
      @yuzan3607 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Was learning Arabic easy? what were the most difficult parts in the language to you? (I'm asking because I have a friend who wants to learn Arabic and I'm trying to imagine what it's like learning Arabic from Spanish) to me, learning Spanish from Arabic was definitely easier than other European languages.

    • @alisu88
      @alisu88 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hello ...I’m Arabic native speaker and learning Spanish we can stay contact and teach each other this is my Instagram (( alighzi ))

  • @oxfordowl4182
    @oxfordowl4182 5 ปีที่แล้ว +423

    Native Spanish speaker here.
    First of all, even though most words of Arabic origin are indeed nouns, there is one word in particular that we use all the time: the preposition "hasta" (until). It derives from the Arabic word "hattá". Spanish is pretty unique in the use of this preposition. Most Romance languages kept the original Latin preposition. I believe that Portuguese "até" (until) may have the same Arabic origin as well. Catalan, spoken in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula, uses "fins (a)".
    In terms of vocabulary, "ojalá" (God willing) is probably the most common one. I also use "azotea" (terrace on the roof) and"alfajor" (from Ar. "fasur", which comes from Persian "afsor", meaning "juice", although we use it for a dessert, not for liquids). Other common lexical items of Arabic origin are "alcalde" (city mayor), "alambre" (wire), "aljibe" (well, from where water was retrieved), "albahaca" (basil), "alguacil" (civil servant, functionary, from "awazír"), "almohada" (pillow), "almohadón" (cushion), and "alfombra" (carpet). "Zaguán" reminded me of my childhood in Uruguay. We (still) use it there! Most of these words are related to our household or denote important positions in government.

    • @sergiokorochinsky49
      @sergiokorochinsky49 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      When in doubt, assume all Spanish words starting with "al" are from Arabic origin... it is a safe bet. :-)

    • @isaacadkins2344
      @isaacadkins2344 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@sergiokorochinsky49 Arabic is a great language and has a good history.. not like nowadays. It's people made their history vanish infront of their doings today

    • @RR-qv8uz
      @RR-qv8uz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Wonderful and thorough explanation!! I grew up in Australia 😂 yes that’s correct ! But born in El Salvador!!
      You mentioned that the word “zaguán” reminded you of your childhood-well , this too brought childhood memories of growing up in the western suburbs of Sydney with my mother calling the hallway ‘el zaguán’ such nostalgic memories of times past.
      Thank you once again for disseminating your educated info amongst us. Un abrazo

    • @Dan_-ze8zd
      @Dan_-ze8zd 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@RR-qv8uz Yo soy de Honduras pero no sé que es zaguán

    • @alwantamalus3709
      @alwantamalus3709 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@sergiokorochinsky49 almayda = the table

  • @Emilio567
    @Emilio567 4 ปีที่แล้ว +397

    I am a native Azerbaijani speaker . And we also have many loanwords with arabic roots , such as "zeytun" - olive , "kitab" - book , "qələm" - pen , "məktəb" - school , etc . Greetings from Azerbaijan 😎🇦🇿

    • @mennedeklir5926
      @mennedeklir5926 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Wow almost as if EVERY TURKIC COUNTRY ELSE doesn't have them.

    • @FenriZz
      @FenriZz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ha

    • @elmosaynomore
      @elmosaynomore 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      yeah without being proud of having them

    • @Rahat-tw8vg
      @Rahat-tw8vg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      All of these words are in Urdu as well

    • @Rahat-tw8vg
      @Rahat-tw8vg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@asr2009 apparently maktab/school is a word in urdu/hindi also i just looked it up though I've never heard it

  • @ddlpt
    @ddlpt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +188

    I've learned Spanish 30 years ago, then I learn Arabic due to religious education (compulsory) and I'm in love with Portuguese/Brazilian language, and as Indonesian, we have hundred loanwords from Arabic and Portuguese, my mind is blowing

    • @sonofayed
      @sonofayed 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Arabic is a rich language with 12,000,000 words I think.

    • @emanuelantunes2789
      @emanuelantunes2789 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      so beautiful :) thanks for sharing. The Portuguese during the discoveries passed by many countries in asia, southeast and far east, and have left many cultural and linguistic footprints even in Japan. History is beautiful.

    • @وجارالذئب-ر1ل
      @وجارالذئب-ر1ل 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@sonofayed arabic is number 1 language in vocabulary

    • @prince_yt3406
      @prince_yt3406 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@emanuelantunes2789 the only thing evident is a small minority in Southeast Asia. The portugese influence on east Asia is gone

    • @undeadblizzard
      @undeadblizzard 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Make sense Spanish and Portuguese sound brown yet white. I always wondered that.

  • @hbway9754
    @hbway9754 5 ปีที่แล้ว +147

    Albufeira : city in Portugal, means the lake, in arabic البحيرة

    • @daninaval9569
      @daninaval9569 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Albufeira is literally the name of a lake in spain

    • @IssaJordan96
      @IssaJordan96 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Dani naval
      In arabic , albhayira ❤️❤️😐

    • @samidove6476
      @samidove6476 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@IssaJordan96
      Albuhaeira

    • @MrYamazaky
      @MrYamazaky 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Even tho Albufeira in Portugal is indeed a city, the word also means (artificial) lake in portuguese

    • @manuhari3747
      @manuhari3747 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Also Algarve means in Arabic الغرب in english The West

  • @lukemoura256
    @lukemoura256 6 ปีที่แล้ว +138

    Saguão is a very commonly used word in the region of Brazil where I live, people use it sometimes to say lobby as well, I don't know why

    • @133774c05
      @133774c05 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Zaguán is also common in México, but is declining due to houses not having zaguanes anymore

    • @Atkingani
      @Atkingani 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Some people here, in Brazil, also say "hall". I do prefer saguão.

    • @atencioatotselsestupids9063
      @atencioatotselsestupids9063 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I just wanna say that ur face looks kinda similar to pewdiepie

    • @lukemoura256
      @lukemoura256 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Pães Com Café I meant commonly used exactly in this cases, but because in the video it was used hallway (wich I think it's used more often to refer to the halls of places outside houses) I thought we were considering the word used in this cases only, my bad, when talking about the house's or school's halls we generally use "corredor".

    • @stoictake
      @stoictake 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You guys are mistaking hallways and lobbies, there's a difference, specially if you translate them into Portuguese.

  • @khaledwasel2805
    @khaledwasel2805 6 ปีที่แล้ว +525

    The comment section of this video is the best ever. Different People having many conversations in a very civilized way i must be dreaming!!!

    • @Omegaeon1
      @Omegaeon1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Because as moors ( I’m berber myself) we feel really close to iberians and latinos. It’s just a beautiful mix.

    • @No11Scalpel
      @No11Scalpel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      One of the few times human surprised me for the better ..btw Olla for pot is also arabic , from classical Qollah or as spoken inLevantinen Ollah

    • @farishope6540
      @farishope6540 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LOL it happens sometimes

    • @playbil9631
      @playbil9631 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      That happens a lot between languages enthusiasts

    • @bennycop
      @bennycop 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      I watched the video but I was afraid to read the comments, then as I rolled down to comments I was surprised to see civilised people on TH-cam

  • @arwaalghamdi6667
    @arwaalghamdi6667 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    One of the best TH-cam channels I’ve ever watched! Easy way of making the educational content more interesting and fun. Thank you and keep going! All the love from Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦❤

    • @khaaaaliiiiiid
      @khaaaaliiiiiid ปีที่แล้ว

      اممم شكلك حسيتي بالفخر مثلي

  • @xjorgecorrea
    @xjorgecorrea 6 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    As Andalusian, I have to say that we still use "zaguán" today!
    Also, it seems interesting that orange in Arabic is "burtuqal" which sound similar to orange in Greek "πορτοκάλι", both sounding like the country "Portugal".
    Nice video!!!

    • @Myrmigaki
      @Myrmigaki 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      xorxex
      It is very interesting, I also noticed it. Πορτοκάλι maybe a more recent borrowing (?)

    • @ivanmacias9603
      @ivanmacias9603 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      In Turkish, oranges are also called Portakal.
      And I think it's got to do with the Ottoman Empire, they traded with oranges with Venice and when asked, the Venetians just said they were from "Portucal". So it stuck, and that's why most languages spoken in the former Ottoman Empire such as Turkish, Arabic, Greek, Bulgarian and Albanian use something similar to that "Portucal" the Ottoman merchants got from Venetian merchants.

    • @براہمداغ
      @براہمداغ 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      err...
      What do you mean by "Andalusian"? Southern Spanish?

    • @xjorgecorrea
      @xjorgecorrea 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@براہمداغ ehmmm... yes Andalusian = people from Andalusia in Southern Spain

    • @rashajouhar3613
      @rashajouhar3613 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@براہمداغ it's still andalus!!

  • @elKachivache
    @elKachivache 6 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    I think is worth mentioning that the city of Guadalajara in Mexico gets its name from the city of Guadalajara in Spain. Thanks for the video!

    • @heavypupper1219
      @heavypupper1219 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No sabia eso. Pero si se llama en esa manera debido a una ciudad en España, ¿seria Nueva Guadalajara?

    • @alexsanchez6659
      @alexsanchez6659 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@heavypupper1219 Normalmente, los lugares nombrados con el mismo nombre en América derivados de lugares en España no solían llevar "Nuevo/a" si se trataba de ciudades, sino que se mantenía el nombre original de la ciudad a la que referencian (Guadalajara, Mérida, Valladolid, Durango, León o Córdoba en México; Córdoba en Argentina; Valencia, Barcelona, Mérida en Venezuela; Cuenca en Ecuador; o Cartagena en Colombia). Tal no es el caso con regiones o territorios más amplios, que eran normalmente denominados con "Nuevo/a" en caso de ser nombrados por lugares españoles (Nueva Vizcaya, Nuevo León, Nueva España, Nueva Granada). Si bien pueden existir excepciones.

    • @Mullkaw
      @Mullkaw 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      He does mention it 12:06

    • @alidamirchi5341
      @alidamirchi5341 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Guadalajara is arabic name وادي الحجارة "wad-il-al-hijara" in english "valley of rocks"

  • @shacksac
    @shacksac 5 ปีที่แล้ว +478

    @langfocus great video
    انا اعرف اللغة العربية
    Camisa - قميص
    Aceite - زيت
    Sala - صالة
    Y soy mexicano
    ;-)

    • @nizarherculanonizartangero7450
      @nizarherculanonizartangero7450 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      👏👏👏 hermano ❤️

    • @6rban100k
      @6rban100k 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      pantalones - بنطال

    • @atotallyextinctdinosaur
      @atotallyextinctdinosaur 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      That's amazing bro, love to Mexico from Egypt :)

    • @حيدرالعراقي-ص9ل5خ
      @حيدرالعراقي-ص9ل5خ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      جيد

    • @homesanto
      @homesanto 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Wait a minute: "camisa" is actually a word of Celtic origin, incorported to late Latin as "camisia"; "sala" comes from Germanic word "sal"... Take it easy with Arabic words.

  • @Cooltural
    @Cooltural 3 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    One time i was in the US, i heard in TV news they were talking about a narco nicknamed "El Alacrán" (the scorpion), but spanish articles in english are not often understood, they just merge them with the word, so the news anchor kept saying "The El-Alacrán".
    Alacrán (scorpion) is from arabic "Al-aqrab". Al being the article "The". So we now have a word with 3 articles: 'The' 'El' 'Al' Aqrab.
    Don't know why but i find this really interesting and funny.

    • @moluther2826
      @moluther2826 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      A bit like when English speakers say "did you watch the EL Clasico"?

    • @fenghualiu2653
      @fenghualiu2653 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Reminds me of the story of Torpenhow Hill

    • @hamidshuttari4492
      @hamidshuttari4492 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Sahara Desert

    • @alicequayle4625
      @alicequayle4625 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Aqrab scorpion sounds like crab. Similar animal

    • @anklepick9524
      @anklepick9524 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Naan Bread

  • @martardgzr
    @martardgzr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +270

    Very complete and accurate video. Just a tiny clarification: Guadalajara is also a place in Spain, not only in Mexico.

    • @alwantamalus3709
      @alwantamalus3709 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Yes and it means "river of stones"

    • @theyoshi202
      @theyoshi202 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Ahhh that makes sense. I’d been wondering how Arabic had possibly got to Mexico. It was probably used to name a place in Spain, and later the Mexican place was named after that Spanish place.

    • @cerdicuenqui
      @cerdicuenqui 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@neyougogo9923 yes, but the arabic influence only came with the spanish influence. Like many other cities in LA, Guadalajara was named after the Spanish city

    • @diegomartinez7180
      @diegomartinez7180 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Guadalajara is a town part of greater Madrid in Spain, a large city in Mexico and also a town in Colombia, which has a larger name "Guadalajara de Buga", commonly referred to as just "Buga". I'm willing to bet that both Mexican and Colombian cities were named after the town in Spain.

    • @Alex53Ace
      @Alex53Ace 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      As someone from Guadalajara, Mexico. I can tell you it was named after the conqueror's homeland Guadalajara, Spain.

  • @GabrielCarvalho-xc4br
    @GabrielCarvalho-xc4br 6 ปีที่แล้ว +157

    In portuguese we have "até" (meaning: until) which comes from the arabic word "hatta".

    • @BlackHoleSpain
      @BlackHoleSpain 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      In Spanish we use "hasta" (h is silent) with the same meaning. A more direct relationship with its arabic origin.

    • @noureddinenoor8403
      @noureddinenoor8403 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Até = hasta = (hatta : حتى )

    • @rft9776
      @rft9776 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You look like an Arab

    • @Tixolax
      @Tixolax 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Francisco Javier Crespo In Galician is even more direct, we say “ata”

    • @skurinski
      @skurinski 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BlackHoleSpain nobody cares

  • @galadithtir
    @galadithtir 5 ปีที่แล้ว +111

    As a Portuguese speaker I'm amazed at the similarities, words that I say daily are so old and some came from places so far away (like the Arabic that came from persian that came from Sanskrit lol)
    Loved the video!

    • @iraqi2015
      @iraqi2015 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      arabic didn't come from persian
      arabic also has a huge impact on persian language
      I don't know anything in persian but sometimes when I read a persian texts I can understand some words because we have similarities

    • @galadithtir
      @galadithtir 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@iraqi2015 oh I just meant by the informations on the video, not that arabic came from persian per se but some words migrated from one language to another. And interesting, it sounds like portuguese and spanish, we can understand a lot from each other :)

    • @mafelix100
      @mafelix100 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Laranja e café foram os melhores exemplos

    • @aluminiumknight4038
      @aluminiumknight4038 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @M36 T V
      That's southern Arabic, an extent language. The Arabic that survived is northern Arabic with more Hebrew and Aramaic similarities than the southern.

    • @aluminiumknight4038
      @aluminiumknight4038 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @M36 T V
      Arabic didn't evolved from himyarite.
      OK, the tribes moving from Yemen to the north brought some language with them, some himyarite contributed to the evolution of modern Arabic, but northern Arabic was the major contributer. That's my information.

  • @theone1656
    @theone1656 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    I’m Arabic and my wife is Spanish we figured about 11 words but after seeing this video SHEEEESH!!! is more words to dig here mind blowing thanks man!

  • @Caneladorada
    @Caneladorada 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I'm mexican and some words I'm familiar they come from arabic and which are pretty common to use are: almohada (pillow), alcancía (money box), azúcar (sugar), albañil (house builder), almuerzo (lunch), the expression "ojalá" (I wish!), azotea (rooftop), jarabe (syrup), alcohol. Thanks to the arabics for their amazing contributions!

    • @user-rh1ue3fc7j
      @user-rh1ue3fc7j ปีที่แล้ว

      Arrás, encima, a tiro de piedra, y muchas expresiones... De nada amigo saludos de un Marroquí en España

  • @kikinikaluo.s2
    @kikinikaluo.s2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1103

    As a Portuguese speaker that also speaks Spanish and is learning Arabic, I've always found it funny how much some Arabic words resembled Spanish but I never stopped to think that it also resembled my language 😂

    • @lokeshyadav819
      @lokeshyadav819 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Hey i am also learning Spanish and plan to learn Arabic.

    • @assadmuhammad5726
      @assadmuhammad5726 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Iberians are brown Arabs/Berbers, not white.

    • @ademali8199
      @ademali8199 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      I'm arabic went to Mexico and was amazed I mean we have alot of common even the houses language and to be honest I thought I was in arabia love to the Spanish Portuguese people from yemen

    • @assadmuhammad5726
      @assadmuhammad5726 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@ademali8199 perhaps poverty makes it look like that, Spain doesn’t look much like Arabia aside from old Muslim places in Andalusia

    • @carlosgaztelucabral8061
      @carlosgaztelucabral8061 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @UCV7QlDhCcltDwWOL-ddJZ7A you're an idiot

  • @daniloromeira8355
    @daniloromeira8355 6 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    In portuguese we use a lot these words from arabic:
    Xaveco = it means chat up ( o xabbaq from arabic)
    Papagaio = The green parrot that repeats what you say (babaga from arabic)
    Enxaqueca = it means migraine/headache (ax-xaqîqa from arabic)
    Sofá = it means sofa,it's almost the same word (suffa from arabic)
    Fulano = a kind of slang for ''Someone'' (fulân from arabic)

    • @agustinl2302
      @agustinl2302 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Other than xaveco, for which I can't see an obvious equivalent, the rest are also used in Spanish: papagayo, jaqueca, sofá y fulano.

    • @marcrubin8844
      @marcrubin8844 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Hm in Cuba people also say fulano to mean someone.

    • @apurbo6962
      @apurbo6962 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      in italian papagaio we say pappagallo

    • @sovietunion6109
      @sovietunion6109 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      También hay "Fulano" en portugués??? :O

    • @aribo7486
      @aribo7486 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Also Bortuqal = Portugal

  • @r.saints
    @r.saints 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Wow this is amazing, I know some of this from before, but I didn’t know that our language Arabic & the Spanish/Portuguese are so similar, this makes me feel like we’re all connected in some way, so beautiful

  •  5 ปีที่แล้ว +706

    Arabic influence is in our words and cultrue and sometimes our blood. Depending on your ancestry. Its really cool and I love this

    • @ekx5120
      @ekx5120 5 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Yeah, I love that some Portuguese and Spanish people sometimes have similar physical features mostly found in North Africa, jet black hair, curls, olive skin, brown or black eyes. The music, too, flamenco uses the same chords and scales found in Arabic music theory. It's crazy! I love languages and culture!!!!

    •  5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      EK X yeah my family is like that. We have that ancestry and it’s so cool to me.

    • @Latino.99
      @Latino.99 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      EK X What the hell are you talking about. Most spaniards are pale asf, blonde, ginger, lightbrown haired spaniards aint even a rare thang. I was often enough in Spain, in regions without much tourism and most spanish were your average white folks. Also after statiscs, where dna tests were taken by spaniards, it turned out that the majority didnt have any arabic influence in their gene pool. All facts

    •  5 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      Chris B maybe where you went but south Spain and many parts still have Arabic influence and just because people appear white doesn’t mean anything. Arabs aren’t all dark skinned. Ignorant much?

    • @sopadomacaco8470
      @sopadomacaco8470 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @ shuo the fuck up, you are not spaniard you dont have the right to opinion

  • @MhdNabeel
    @MhdNabeel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +159

    English has many words derived from Arabic like:
    magazine (Arabic: Makhzan = Storage place)
    Alcohol (Arabic: AlKohool)

    • @Ibrahim-5318
      @Ibrahim-5318 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Even Sugar

    • @odanilooliveira
      @odanilooliveira 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Album too

    • @Marta121211
      @Marta121211 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@odanilooliveira Wrong!! Comes from Latin. Please google it before commenting!!!

    • @odanilooliveira
      @odanilooliveira 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@Marta121211 ok, I was wrong. So what? Not a big deal its just a word. I always thought it was tho.

    • @timorleste9090
      @timorleste9090 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      How if alcohol comes from English?
      And influence to Arabic ?

  • @Clever_viper
    @Clever_viper 6 ปีที่แล้ว +361

    Hello from Venezuela. Words from Arabic origin I hear a lot: almohada (pillow) and alcohol (alcohol)

    • @MyLife2020
      @MyLife2020 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Almokhada = pillow
      Bab = door
      Musbah = light
      Qamar = moon

    • @crystallizationofthesoul7095
      @crystallizationofthesoul7095 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      alzar, alfabeto, alcachofa, alabar, altar, alicate (suena como Alicante xD)! Tambien soy venezolano saludos desde Caracas!

    • @odanilooliveira
      @odanilooliveira 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@crystallizationofthesoul7095 alfabeto is obviously Greek alpha beta are the first Greek letters of its alphabet.

    • @prasinoskosmos88
      @prasinoskosmos88 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@crystallizationofthesoul7095 Alfabeto tiene origen griego

    • @alecsslz
      @alecsslz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@crystallizationofthesoul7095alfabeto, almofada, alicate, álcool, alcatifa, alcachofra, altar, all we use um Brazil

  • @joaocarlosferro
    @joaocarlosferro 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Hello, I am a Portuguese speaker and beside the names of places, tools or products with Arabic origin the only Arabic word we use is Oxalá = insh allah = God's Wish. But we also use with the exact same meaning the pure Portuguese version: Deus queira.

  • @DiegoGarcia-nd4sf
    @DiegoGarcia-nd4sf 6 ปีที่แล้ว +308

    Great video!!! You should talk about the visigothic (Germanic) influence on Spanish and Portuguese.

    • @lissandrafreljord7913
      @lissandrafreljord7913 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Imagine if Gothic were a living language. It would be the only East Germanic language to exist.

    • @ivanmacias9603
      @ivanmacias9603 6 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      I'd actually prefer a video about the pre-Roman (Basque, Iberian, Celtic, Tartessian, Lusitanian) influence on modern Iberian languages.

    • @taintedtaylor2586
      @taintedtaylor2586 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Most of the modern spanish names are actually derived from Gothic.

    • @kingofohio5689
      @kingofohio5689 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I wish spanish is a germanic language

    • @maxx1014
      @maxx1014 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Asier Linazasoro in German it is Titte(n) lmao

  • @Riko-ko4nj
    @Riko-ko4nj 5 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    In portuguese there is so manyy words which came from arabic:
    -Aldeia (very common name to say village)
    -Alguidar (bowl)
    -Almofada (pillow)
    -...
    for cities:
    -Almodôvar
    -Aljustrel
    -Albufeira
    -Alcácer
    -Algés
    -Aljezur
    - and there so many other words

    • @jorgecapitao1435
      @jorgecapitao1435 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Alverca

    • @duartesilva7907
      @duartesilva7907 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Albatroz (albatross), xarope (syrup)..

    • @gharibsoufiane4981
      @gharibsoufiane4981 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Alguidar in standard arabic is (alqidr/القِدر) but in a moroccan dialect (specially in the south) is Alguedra

    • @HMM.11
      @HMM.11 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Aldiea mean in arabic the mony paied to parent of who was killed by mistake
      Aldiea= Aldhiea = Annor or Alnor ( the light )
      Alges= Aljus ( gebsum cement ) or = Alqes (church cardinal)
      Alcacer= Alqasier ( short man ) or Al qasr (palace)

    • @marceloalmeida3850
      @marceloalmeida3850 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Que incrível! Eu nunca tinha ouvido alguidar, aqui no Brasil usamos cumbuca, palavra que emprestamos dos idiomas do ramo tupi-guarani.

  • @MelvisVelour
    @MelvisVelour 6 ปีที่แล้ว +130

    Being half Arabic and half Spanish (Cuban) - we're referred to as Morros "Moors" in Cuba - I love hearing the influence of my first language (Arabic) on my 4th (Spanish). My personal favorite is Ole! which came from Allah. It's fun (for me at least) to pick out the loan words and how they changed and evolved through time and circumstance.

    • @homesanto
      @homesanto 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Melvis Valour It's "moro" (moor) actually. The word "morro" has a completely different meaning.

    • @nbajellytm8014
      @nbajellytm8014 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@homesanto aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa0s

    • @arashizou2934
      @arashizou2934 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The Moors are actually the Moroccans, the Moors are not Arabic by race but by language so the moors converted to Islam then established their nation and spread in nowdays spain and brought Arabic to the land. If you took a DNA test you'll find your self half Moroccan half Spanish, the majority of spanish people have Moroccan DNA or berber or Moorish call it what you like.

    • @homesanto
      @homesanto 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@arashizou2934 I'm afraid you're wrong about DNA data. Spaniards are mostly R1b, the same as the other nations in Western Europe. Please, take a look at this map: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Y-Chromosome_Haplogroup_Distributions_in_Iberian%2C_North_African%2C_and_Sephardic_Jewish_Populations.jpg

    • @casasdelvalle13
      @casasdelvalle13 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      ¡¡ Interesante !!

  • @servantoftheexpander9688
    @servantoftheexpander9688 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    What i like Most about Arabic is it's morphology. It is amazing how by Just three roots, you can predict and put them in specific templates with assigned meaning with those template to create words.
    Also,The grammar is so logical. If you are a new Arabic speaker you have to think about every word you speak and how it relates to other word.

  • @tabamal
    @tabamal 6 ปีที่แล้ว +299

    One famous arabic word, taken with its article into most other European languages is:
    كحول.. الكحول ==> ALCOHOL

    • @th0r_0dinson
      @th0r_0dinson 6 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      Also:
      Coffee: Kahwa قهوة
      Lemon: Laymoon ليمون
      Syrup: Sharab شراب
      Arsenal: Dar-Alsina'a دار الصناعة
      Assassin: Assasyoun أساسيون
      Candy: Qand قند
      Cipher: Sifr صفر
      Cotton: Qutn قطن
      Crimson: Qurmuzi قرمزي
      Elixir: Iksir إكسير
      Ghoul: Ghul غول
      AND MANY MANY MORE!!!!!
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Arabic_origin

    • @Digital111
      @Digital111 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@th0r_0dinson Yes to all except Candy, that's actually comes from the really old Sanskrit word "khaanda" which probably evolved to "Qand" in Arabic and then "Candy" in English.
      I wonder why it's "Caramelo" in Spanish, so different from the Indian, Arabic and English words...

    • @MusculaRMinD
      @MusculaRMinD 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@th0r_0dinson Assassin comes from حشاشين, man!!! the whole world knows this!!!!!! and Candy from قندي: العسل المستخرج من قصب السكر

    • @th0r_0dinson
      @th0r_0dinson 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@MusculaRMinD That's right, it comes from both "Hashashin" and "Assasiyoun", meaning weed smokers and base founders, respectively.

    • @MusculaRMinD
      @MusculaRMinD 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@th0r_0dinson never heard of the other one, "أساسيون", and don't believe it. Makes no sense, and is out of context.

  • @isabellamarini3549
    @isabellamarini3549 4 ปีที่แล้ว +312

    As a Brazilian that have many arabic friends I knew a lot of them!!! But many of them were new to me!!! I love arabic culture ❤️

    • @advitam31
      @advitam31 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      oiee thats so cool
      brazil have 1 st arabic community in south america ..temer ex presidente have arabic orgine ( lebanese )
      th-cam.com/video/2htRwTZMH-A/w-d-xo.html

    • @militaryworld2304
      @militaryworld2304 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You can visit in Saudi Arabia it's the heart of arab .
      There's no crimes happens there . Secure country then USA

    • @moolytv1818
      @moolytv1818 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why bb

    • @theverge8210
      @theverge8210 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      We love Brazil aswell 😊

    • @lunavb1wp
      @lunavb1wp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@militaryworld2304 no one wants to visit saudi

  • @sanzcopacabana
    @sanzcopacabana 6 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    I use "Almohada" almost every day, meaning pillow

    • @jjwp-ql5rv
      @jjwp-ql5rv 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Who says "pillow" almost everyday?

    • @HaloJumper7
      @HaloJumper7 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      From al-Mokhadah in Arabic.

    • @lucas9269
      @lucas9269 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      In my dialect of Brazilian Portuguese, we use "Almofada" but it is more like a specific word for "little pillow" normally the ones used on sofas.

    • @sanzcopacabana
      @sanzcopacabana 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@lucas9269 for Spanish people, specially on Spain is the regular everyday one, the little sofa ones are called "cojines"

    • @sanzcopacabana
      @sanzcopacabana 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@HaloJumper7 nice to know, thanks!

  • @NinyoHalo987
    @NinyoHalo987 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Fascinating!
    I love how the arbic voice said sugar
    Amazed by the fact that 4000 words of spanish come from arabic!
    And very funny how birrer orange comes from arabic but sweet orange went back literally from portugese to arabic

  • @imOJOmran
    @imOJOmran 5 ปีที่แล้ว +470

    Such beautiful thing to see people commenting with respect to each other without any kind of racism
    Well done 👍🏼

    • @AmelDousary1
      @AmelDousary1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I know. Right? It's amazing.

    • @hishamehisho1430
      @hishamehisho1430 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Learning and knowledge keeps you away from that...

    • @amr.3k
      @amr.3k 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Except for between us Arabs !!!
      see Arabic comments below :(

    • @ruypaixao
      @ruypaixao 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fuck you

    • @rextheroyalist6389
      @rextheroyalist6389 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm not racist, I'm just placist. You can be a Semite all you want just get out of my holyland and you'll be good 😊😊✝️☦️

  • @agustinaargentieri3539
    @agustinaargentieri3539 5 ปีที่แล้ว +336

    The word for "duck" in Spanish and Portuguese is "pato" that derived from the Arabic "batt"

    • @lovelegend526
      @lovelegend526 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Redd Bull in Arabic its batta or al batta with the Ts pronounced strongly

    • @lovelegend526
      @lovelegend526 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Señorita it's not Batt
      Its al battah

    • @je2847
      @je2847 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      wak waakk...🐤🐤

    • @xxmishooxx
      @xxmishooxx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It could also be al batto as a plural form

    • @ss1212ss
      @ss1212ss 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      1 duck Batta

  • @andresfukazawa
    @andresfukazawa 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I'm in awe! I never knew this many everyday Spanish words were of Arabic origin. Thank you for yet one more great video!

  • @notchomsky1234
    @notchomsky1234 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Every time that I run across one of your videos, I am “taken aback”as to the premium quality of your work. Love those special local pronunciations you put in there. Keep it up.

  • @drvillain96
    @drvillain96 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    We need more of these videos that unite us as human beings.. loved it, you know history is history, today we need to love each other..

    • @drvillain96
      @drvillain96 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @curan ten always there is two sides of the story, you judge by what you personally experience..

  • @isodoubIet
    @isodoubIet 5 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    "Saguão" is an incredibly common word in Brazil.

    • @sonospiacente3334
      @sonospiacente3334 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      yeah right??? he was saying like it wasn't common to use but I don't even know an equivalent term

  • @tiagofernandes7461
    @tiagofernandes7461 5 ปีที่แล้ว +480

    I'm Portuguese and I have 13% North African DNA. My Mother's family name is Moura, Which means Moor

    • @celeen7476
      @celeen7476 5 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      I'm moroccan from tanger and my last name is torres, wich is very known name here in the old cities.

    • @jamilyc.3602
      @jamilyc.3602 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Esse sobrenome é muito popular aqui no Brasil também, conheço várias pessoas com Moura

    • @beatrizferreira9865
      @beatrizferreira9865 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@celeen7476 and Torres is also a Portuguese surname!

    • @Daluz19940
      @Daluz19940 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Tiago Fernandes Moura is a place in Portugal and it doesnt really means Moor its about a Story Moorish princess that felt in love with a Christian Portuguese knight

    • @tiagofernandes7461
      @tiagofernandes7461 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Daluz19940 I know that story its amazing

  • @paulocastrogarrido3499
    @paulocastrogarrido3499 3 ปีที่แล้ว +130

    Hi! In the Algarve, Portugal, people also say "albericoque" for apricot. I am Portuguese and yes, the use of Arabic words is still very deep inside us and I think we have more in common with the Maghreb than we have with Scandinavia.

    • @theverge8210
      @theverge8210 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      not only Maghreb, also Middle east

    • @Intergouvernementalisation
      @Intergouvernementalisation 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@theverge8210 Yes but right now, the Maghreb is located around Spain and Portugal so they have a better connection.

    • @يوسفابنأبيميمونة
      @يوسفابنأبيميمونة 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Actually, Spain and Portugal have nothing in common with scandinavian.

    • @oliveranderson7264
      @oliveranderson7264 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@يوسفابنأبيميمونة Christianity, a monarchy, related languages, belonging to the EU, shared history (wwii, renaissance, trade), similar levels of economic development, equal rights for women and minorities,...

    • @someguyfromanotherplanet5284
      @someguyfromanotherplanet5284 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You have literally nothing in common with them.

  • @RR-qv8uz
    @RR-qv8uz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Thankful to you Paul as always!! As a Spanish speaker , these videos never cease to amaze me !! Honestly , it’s so fascinating for me having been raised in Australia (born in Central America) and remembering with nostalgia some of these words that my dear mother would say -I had no choice but to accept this vocabulary and looking back I’m so blessed!!
    Nearly had tears in my eyes over the word “zaguán”
    Brought back fond childhood memories.
    Just beautiful how language can do that.
    Anyhow thought I’d add my humble comment. Thanks once again for imparting your knowledge with us . Keep em coming !!! ☺️☺️☺️

  • @CanalRadioMax
    @CanalRadioMax 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Native spanish speaker here. In a daily basis i often hear "Ojalá" (God willing), "Almohada" (Pillow), "Jarabe" (Syrup), Alcohol, and few more.

    • @lohovi6571
      @lohovi6571 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      supongo que alfombra también debe ser de orígen árabe jaja

  • @natalieortiz3881
    @natalieortiz3881 6 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    As a native Spanish speaker I remember words like alaja (jewel), alfrombra (carpet), alcalde (mayor), almohada (pillow).

  • @MuizAjala
    @MuizAjala 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    As a Nigerian of Yoruba tribe who speaks Yoruba and also learning Arabic, I can also confirm that a lot of our vocabulary come from Arabic origin.Example
    Adura الدعاء ( prayer)
    Alubarikaالبرك(Blessing)
    Wakati الوقعة(Hour)
    Iresi الرز (Rice)....
    The list goes on. Thanks Paul❤

  • @salsabeelbazzari6581
    @salsabeelbazzari6581 5 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    "Guadalquivir" is also from Arabic origin which is "الوادي الكبير"
    The video is very interesting ❤ thank you so much ❤❤

    • @josjos9935
      @josjos9935 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@afrocyberdelia and río pequeño is Guadalquivirito

    • @LiLy-pz5dk
      @LiLy-pz5dk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Is valle grande no' like in bolivia when che guevara was arrested

  • @sheepgray08
    @sheepgray08 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    THIS IS THE VIDEO OF MY DREAMS...!!! Thanks so much...! As a native Spanish speaker this is just amazing...!!!!!

  • @detorrV2
    @detorrV2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +236

    Just to point out, Guadalajara en Mexico is named after Guadalajara in Spain that is indeed a rocky place.

    • @faridzinbi8764
      @faridzinbi8764 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Yes it's means واد الحجارة، the River of Rocks

    • @commieking1443
      @commieking1443 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Guadalajara --->WuadiAlahijara

    • @Moh23Moh
      @Moh23Moh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      that is exactly what he said

    • @saredodevil
      @saredodevil 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Es cierto aunque México tiene nombres y ciudades con nombres nativos, como
      Texlacoatl
      Hecatepec

    • @theoneitself
      @theoneitself 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Interesting ! I've been to *Madrid* last year and at the east of the city there was a smaller one called *GUADALAJARA* . Of course the first thing that came into my mind was "uh... similar to Mexico's !???" But the city had pretty old buildings (it is an historycal city), so now it is 99% possible that *Guadalajara from SPAIN was indeed way before Mexico's colonization* !!! AWESOME !! (I always thought Guadalajara came from some Aztec old language, but oh boy how wrong I was !!!!)

  • @MLMLML000
    @MLMLML000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    He never fails to mention any detail. Excellent video.

  • @Langfocus
    @Langfocus  6 ปีที่แล้ว +731

    Hi everyone! If you're interested in the Arabic language, make sure to check out Maha's channel LearnArabicwithMaha: th-cam.com/users/LearnArabicwithMaha ! I'm sure you'll find her videos both useful and entertaining. She was one of my main inspirations for starting Langfocus 4 years ago!

    • @superstructure23
      @superstructure23 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Reupload?

    • @HoormazdKia
      @HoormazdKia 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@superstructure23 guess so. Watching again, maybe he fixed something

    • @cjcanton9121
      @cjcanton9121 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      he misspelled the word for "orange" in contemporary Arabic, knowing Paul I bet he changed that

    • @cjcanton9121
      @cjcanton9121 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yup he changed it 8:11

    • @tabtibelkacem2824
      @tabtibelkacem2824 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The spanish didn't expell the muslims they killed them if they don't convert to christianity

  • @farhanfakhriza6149
    @farhanfakhriza6149 5 ปีที่แล้ว +640

    Spanish: borrows words from Arabic
    Portuguese: borrows words from Arabic
    Indonesian: borrows words from Arabic, Spanish, and Portuguese

    • @brolin96
      @brolin96 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Do you use Spanish words in Indonesian? God, I didn't know. May I please know some examples? I'd like to know if that doesn't bother you..

    • @farhanfakhriza6149
      @farhanfakhriza6149 5 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      @@brolin96 we say "gratis" for free, meja for "table" and bendera for "flag". But I don't know if it came from Portuguese or Spanish.

    • @pbnetto
      @pbnetto 5 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      @@farhanfakhriza6149 the Portuguese equivalents are Grátis, Mesa and Bandeira.

    • @ree9487
      @ree9487 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Fascinating! Even your name is Arabic-sounding

    • @farhanfakhriza6149
      @farhanfakhriza6149 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@ree9487 it's Arabic indeed. You can also find western-sounding or sanskrit/hindi in Indonesians' names.

  • @Αντώνης-υ3ζ
    @Αντώνης-υ3ζ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    There actually is a Portuguese equivalent of Arabic funduq and Spanish fonda: alfândega (which means customs (like at the airport). Saguão is still used in Portugal, especially in the islands. As for apricot, it's true we have several archaic or dated names for that fruit, though the modern-day word for it also comes from Arabic: alperce. Great video!

    • @jumix134
      @jumix134 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      In Brazil, we use alfândega too

    • @bassam_salim
      @bassam_salim 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Funduq (فندق) means Hotel.
      Cuatoms is Al-jamarek

    • @yasmin7903
      @yasmin7903 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@bassam_salim sometimes words change meaning over time.

  • @berkeleyboathouse7426
    @berkeleyboathouse7426 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This was great. I liked seeing the ancient greek, arabic, persian, portugues connection. Super interesting!
    Portuguese, and Spanish, word commonly used and you have to mention and talk about!...Oxalá

  • @issaoud8714
    @issaoud8714 6 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    I am a both Arabic and Spanish native speaker, I have noted the similarities between these two languages e.g. (fulan-فلان)
    and it's used when one talks about an unspecific person, there' is also (camisa, bidón, ojalá etc.)

    • @brunofeitosafl
      @brunofeitosafl 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I can not believe that "fulano" that has the same use here in Brazil comes from there! So interesting!

    • @AtomicBoo
      @AtomicBoo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Bruno Feitosa never knew fulano was from arabic origin and here I thought it was exclusively a Spanish word "pinche fulano hahah"

    • @euoisaboi1669
      @euoisaboi1669 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Arabic is a dialect of the Phoenician Language and the Phoenicians occupied Ancient Spain and Sicily. In fact the word "Spain" means "New Phoenicia'" from 𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤒𐤉𐤍. I encourage Arabs to learn the Parent of Arabic.

    •  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How about "mengano" and "zutano", do they also come from Arabic? "Mengano" does indeed come from the Arabic "man kān" ("whoever"), but "zutano" comes from "citano", from the Latin word "scitanus", and this from "scitus" ("known").

    • @euoisaboi1669
      @euoisaboi1669 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Arabic, fulano was borrowed from Ancient Greek. ψευδώνυμος.

  • @CesarIzaguirrePaz
    @CesarIzaguirrePaz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    My popular words are:
    Taza
    Sandía
    Naranja
    Jarra
    Jarabe
    Berenjena
    Azúcar
    Azafrán
    Aceite/aceituna
    Limón/lima
    Hasta (until)
    Alfil (bishop in chess)
    Dado (dice)
    Alcohol
    Alcalde
    Aldea
    Alfombra
    Alquiler (some countries use more renta)
    Hazaña
    Tarea (task)
    Tarifa (fee)
    Tabique
    Tabaco
    Talco
    Tarima
    Guitarra 🎸
    Pantalón
    Chisme
    Jinete
    Jota
    Quilate
    Zoquete
    Rehén
    Jaqueca
    Adoquín
    Blessings from São Paulo

  • @zohaibajmal7945
    @zohaibajmal7945 5 ปีที่แล้ว +430

    I did not expect a comment section this civilized and just... nice. This can't be youtube can it?

    • @Hadhoudtn
      @Hadhoudtn 5 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Like you, I did expect racist comments and hate towards arabs and muslims.
      This videos is also valuable for native arabic speakers (not only for spanish and portuguese) since it shows them how great their language is (or was) coz nowadays, specially young people, are ignoring their own native language and focus on learning english because it's cool xD

    • @jrdardonl
      @jrdardonl 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      TH-camrs are growing up, I may guess! 😁

    • @gustavobp9867
      @gustavobp9867 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      i'ts because people here have the same intentions, learning new things and changing experiences..

    • @Vrey662
      @Vrey662 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Arabs had a dicesive influence in what the world is today, greetings from Peru

    • @TKUA11
      @TKUA11 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I guess the previous invasions have been forgiven. As long as there are no more invasions

  • @dwheeUSA
    @dwheeUSA 3 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    The closest language to Arabic is the Maltese to almost 80%, Even more than relative Hebrew

    • @starleaf-luna
      @starleaf-luna 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kdevhdsdv ok

    • @johannesziaether3916
      @johannesziaether3916 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Maltese kinda started as a dialect that got separated from Arabic and it developed into its own language because Malta isn't a Muslim country so there is not this attachment to Quran and classical Arabic.

    • @dwheeUSA
      @dwheeUSA 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@johannesziaether3916 I know this already .
      Religion has nothing to do with this stuff.

    • @johannesziaether3916
      @johannesziaether3916 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@dwheeUSA
      It's believed that the only reason Arabic was preserved is because of Islam and all the efforts to keep the language of Quran intact. Otherwise why didn't the other arab dialects convert into their own languages?

    • @Freudeje
      @Freudeje 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@dwheeUSA It's really ignorant to say that religion had no contribution to the preserving of the Arabic language, I'd advise that you should read more on this matter.

  • @Lisbonese
    @Lisbonese 6 ปีที่แล้ว +141

    Oxalá (from Arabic inshallah) which means God willing is common Portuguese word I hear a lot.

    • @programmertwin
      @programmertwin 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      We have the word ojalá in Spanish too!!!

    • @Lisbonese
      @Lisbonese 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Brian Alonso Urrea Yes you do.....también hablo español. lol

    • @askadia
      @askadia 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      In the slang of young Italians, 'sciallo/-a' from probably inshallah is an adjective/adverb meaning calm, easy, unstressed, spontaneous, with no anxiety. It also gave the verb 'scialarsela', meaning something like enjoying own's free time in lezyness.

    • @lucas9269
      @lucas9269 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I've heard this word before and thought it was foreign xD

    • @slice0909
      @slice0909 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Not a common word at all. Only used in specific communities, as opposed to "quem me dera" and "tomara"

  • @hassemali.1349
    @hassemali.1349 5 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    يا دارُ أَينَ تَرَحَّلَ السُكّانُ
    وَغَدَت بِهِم مِن بَعدِنا الأَظعانُ
    بِالأَمسِ كانَ بِكِ الظِباءُ أَوانِس
    وَاليَومَ في عَرَصاتِكِ الغِربانُ
    يا دارَ عَبلَةَ أَينَ خَيَّمَ قَومُه
    لَمّا سَرَت بِهِمُ المَطيُّ وَبانوا
    ناحَت خَميلاتُ الأَراكِ وَقَد بَكى
    مِن وَحشَةٍ نَزَلَت عَلَيهِ البانُ
    يا دارُ أَرواحُ المَنازِلِ أَهلُه
    فَإِذا نَأَوا تَبكيهِمُ الأَبدانُ
    يا صاحِبي سَل رَبعَ عَبلَةَ وَاِجتَهِد
    إِن كانَ لِلرَبعِ المُحيلِ لِسانُ
    يا عَبلَ ما دامَ الوِصالُ لَيالِي
    حَتّى دَهانا بَعدَهُ الهِجرانُ
    لَيتَ المَنازِلَ أَخبَرَت مُستَخبِر
    أَينَ اِستَقَرَّ بِأَهلِها الأَوطانُ
    يا طائِراً قَد باتَ يَندُبُ إِلفَهُ
    وَيَنوحُ وَهوَ مُوَلَّهٌ حَيرانُ
    لَو كُنتَ مِثلي ما لَبِستَ مُلَوَّن
    حُسناً وَلا مالَت بِكَ الأَغصانُ
    أَينَ الخَلِيُّ القَلبِ مِمَّن قَلبُهُ
    مِن حَرِّ نيرانِ الجَوى مَلآنُ
    عِرني جَناحَكَ وَاِستَعِر دَمعي الَّذي
    أَفنى وَلا يَفنى لَهُ جَرَيانُ
    حَتّى أَطيرَ مُسائِلاً عَن عَبلَةٍ
    إِن كانَ يُمكِنُ مِثلِيَ الطَيَرانُ
    ( هدية مني لصاحب القناة السيد بول )

    • @loveiraq4301
      @loveiraq4301 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      الله

    • @fatimaiq6094
      @fatimaiq6094 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      راجعه الامه العربيه ان شاءالله

    • @ΆγιοςΧίλαριος
      @ΆγιοςΧίλαριος 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      So you think Paul is supporting a 'counter-reconquista' ?.. IMO, he is just doing such videos for knowledge, civilization talks and money of course.

  • @bythebayou5351
    @bythebayou5351 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I read a ton of the comments; that was an education in itself! But I never once saw mentioned albóndiga meaning meatball. I saw abracadabra mentioned only once & assassin only twice.
    Amazing video! Thank you, obrigada, gracias, shukran.

  • @muhammadhazikrabbani2697
    @muhammadhazikrabbani2697 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It's the #1 best channel for general knowledge of languages great Job dude.

  • @juampan
    @juampan 6 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    There is also a Guadalajara in Spain, but the one in Mexico is waaaay bigger. Also, a lot of toponyms for rivers start with guada-, probably means river? Guadalquivir, guadiana, etc.

    • @invent7148
      @invent7148 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      waadi means river indeed. Guadalquivir comes from [al] wad al kabir. There's also valladolid, which comes from 'Dar al Walid' (Waleed's house)

    • @adria5876
      @adria5876 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@invent7148 so cool

    • @ivanmacias9603
      @ivanmacias9603 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@invent7148 Valladolid most likely comes from "Vallis Soletum" (Sunny Valley), which explains how the demonym for people from there is "Vallisoletano".

    • @viktorpetukhov727
      @viktorpetukhov727 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Cities in South American colonies were mostly named after home towns of conquistadors, however some had indigenous roots

    • @yahyaschannel8334
      @yahyaschannel8334 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@invent7148 Wait doesn't Valladolid come from 'Balad al Walid' (Walid's land or country)?

  • @greatarabia8091
    @greatarabia8091 6 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    I’m not exaggerating: this is by far the best channel
    and it’s viewers are some of the nicest people I’ve seen on TH-cam!
    Seeing this made me like Spanish and Portuguese speakers even more than I already did.
    Our languages and cultures are intertwined like a group of roses sharing the same roots and soil.
    Differently colored roses but all beautiful in their own way.
    God bless

    • @JEIWILBER
      @JEIWILBER 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dont get upset, but thats not what we will ever see when it comes to religion...

    • @meergoedemuziek
      @meergoedemuziek 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      God bless you too... Love arabic and arab food... we have plenty of good restaurants in my city São Paulo, Brazil. Salamaleiko!

    • @greatarabia8091
      @greatarabia8091 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      JEIWILBER You have your religion and I have mine. It’s up to you to find the truth but we must have mutual respect and I’m sure you’d agree.
      Also keep in mind: not everything you hear is true so always check the two sides of the story and compare.
      This is my humble advice to you in life, have a good day.

    • @greatarabia8091
      @greatarabia8091 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Kjærlighet 84 I love Brazil. My favorite thing about your country is the cohesion you have despite your ethnic diversity.
      Wa alaekum il salam وعليكم السلام and May peace be upon you too :)

    • @JEIWILBER
      @JEIWILBER 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@greatarabia8091 Sorry dude, skip the excuses, for years Ive been observing Islam, and its the cause of more than 50% of clashes and wars throughout this planet...

  • @HumbertoPatricio
    @HumbertoPatricio 5 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    Great video!! Has a Portuguese , I can guarantee that this video made a great resume about our heritage !!
    Greetings to our Arabic brothers!

    • @vlaznyccc
      @vlaznyccc 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Sorry sir, but you're DNA is not much different from other Europeans, and your language is less than 5% Arabic-influenced. Do not glorify your forefather's enemies.

    • @nativelatinosfooktrump5348
      @nativelatinosfooktrump5348 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Новороссия lol shut up

    • @theregalbeagle8855
      @theregalbeagle8855 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@vlaznyccc I agree. We should celebrate their expulsion as a good thing. They do not belong on the Iberian Peninsula.

    • @kopner5672
      @kopner5672 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@vlaznyccc He has Moorish ancestry, don't you see it?

    • @fofofofo1182
      @fofofofo1182 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Hi guys Iam an arabic speaker donot be malicious on us it is apast history. We love you Spanish people especially the greatteams Real Madrid and bercelona. I am learning Spanish and speak Russian .

  • @ManuRomer0
    @ManuRomer0 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Yo vivo en Guadalajara,que significa "el rio de piedra" y me encanta la influencia arabe que quedó. Tenemos la mezcla perfecta de mezquitas e iglesias además de muchas otras similitudes,abrazo a nuestros hermanos🇲🇦🇪🇦🤝🏼😁

  • @eugengila717
    @eugengila717 5 ปีที่แล้ว +136

    I'm Albanian and I noticed that th word meaning 'orange' in Arabic is same as Albanian ''portokall''

    • @akbas58
      @akbas58 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Turkish too its portakal

    • @dirk_diggler777
      @dirk_diggler777 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Georgian is portokall-i

    • @dirk_diggler777
      @dirk_diggler777 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Luke Srbin how is orange in Srpski?

    • @dirk_diggler777
      @dirk_diggler777 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Luke Srbin Osmanlije nisu mogle da promene nijednu reč u srpskom lol

    • @dirk_diggler777
      @dirk_diggler777 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Luke Srbin da, u pravu si, u mom jeziku ima i puno turskih reči

  • @nuyorican1985
    @nuyorican1985 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    In Spanish, Ojalá meaning good willing it's Arabic in origin. I use thar word like everyday. And almohada meaning pillow is of Arabic origin.

    • @isaacadkins2344
      @isaacadkins2344 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      We say Almokhadda in North africa (Arab countries) to say pillow.
      Arabs and berbers of arabic speaking has a great impact in spanish culture, which came to you guys in latin america from the conquests

  • @MouridEnglish
    @MouridEnglish 5 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    Peter Tosh said:
    Birds unite, fishes unite, animals unite,
    Mankind still fight.
    I'll say:
    Languages unite,
    People still fight
    Unfortunately :'(
    Thank u bro for this amazing video. Greetings from Morocco.

    • @ree9487
      @ree9487 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Truth has been spoken! This comment is underrated sir and people need to see this