Finnish

309 words that reached Finnish from Semitic languages. Extracted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unreviewed.

AabrahamBiblical Hebrew · “Abraham (prophet)”
AadaBiblical Hebrew · “a female given name, currently popular in Finlan”
AadamBiblical Hebrew · “Adam (biblical character)”
aamenBiblical Hebrew · “amen”
AamosBiblical Hebrew · “Amos (biblical character)”
AapeliBiblical Hebrew · “a male given name”
AaronBiblical Hebrew · “Aaron (biblical figure)”
Addis AbebaAmharic · “Addis Ababa (the capital of Ethiopia)”
ähläm sählämArabic · “Imitation of the Arabic (or any other Middle Eas”
ajinPhoenician · “ayin (sixteenth letter of the Hebrew and Phoenic”
AkseliBiblical Hebrew · “a male given name”
alefPhoenician · “aleph (first letter of the Hebrew and Phoenician”
algebraArabic · “algebra”
algoritmiArabic · “algorithm”
AliArabic · “a male given name from Arabic, practically exclu”
alkemiaAncient Greek · “alchemy”
alkoviArabic · “alcove”
AllahArabic · “Allah”
almanakkaMedieval Latin · “calendar”
amharaAmharic · “Amharic (official language of Ethiopia)”
amiraaliArabic · “admiral (in the Finnish Navy, or of equivalents ”
AmmanArabic · “Amman (the capital city of Jordan)”
AnnaBiblical Hebrew · “a female given name, equivalent to English Ann”
arabiArabic · “Arab”
arrakkiArabic · “arrack (East Asian liquor)”
aškenasiModern Hebrew · “Ashkenazi, Ashkenazi Jew (person)”
AsserSwedish · “Asher (biblical character)”
BagdadArabic · “Baghdad (the capital city of Iraq)”
BahrainArabic · “Bahrain (an archipelago, island, and country in ”
bar mitsvaModern Hebrew · “bar mitzvah”
bat mitsvaModern Hebrew · “bat mitzvah”
BatsebaBiblical Hebrew · “Bathsheba (Biblical character, wife of Uriah and”
beduiiniArabic · “bedouin (member of various nomadic Arab peoples)”
BenjaminBiblical Hebrew · “Benjamin (Biblical figure)”
berberiArabic · “Berber (person)”
BetelgeuzeArabic · “Betelgeuse (star)”
bulbuliArabic · “bulbul (any of several passerine songbirds of th”
DaavidBiblical Hebrew · “David. (biblical character)”
DanBiblical Hebrew · “Dan.”
DanielBiblical Hebrew · “Daniel (biblical book and prophet)”
darbukaArabic · “darbuka”
DelilaBiblical Hebrew · “Delilah”
dirhamiArabic · “dirham (currency of the United Arab Emirates)”
druusiArabic · “Druze”
DubaiArabic · “Dubai (a city in the United Arab Emirates; the c”
durraArabic · “sorghum”
džinniArabic · “jinn (spirit in Arabic and Islamic folklore)”
EedenBiblical Hebrew · “Eden”
EeliBiblical Hebrew · “Eli (biblical character)”
EelisBiblical Hebrew · “a male given name”
EevaBiblical Hebrew · “a female given name, equivalent to English Eve”
EleasarBiblical Hebrew · “Eleazar (biblical characters)”
EliaBiblical Hebrew · “Elijah (biblical character)”
EliasBiblical Hebrew · “Elijah, Elias (biblical character)”
ElielBiblical Hebrew · “Eliel (biblical character)”
ElieserBiblical Hebrew · “Eliezer (biblical characters)”
eliksiiriArabic · “elixir”
ElisaBiblical Hebrew · “Elisha (biblical character)”
ElisabetBiblical Hebrew · “Elizabeth (mother of John the Baptist)”
emiiriArabic · “emir”
EsaiasBiblical Hebrew · “Isaiah (in older translations of the Bible)”
EsauBiblical Hebrew · “Esau”
EsraBiblical Hebrew · “Ezra (Biblical figure)”
EsterBiblical Hebrew · “Esther (biblical character)”
fakiiriArabic · “fakir, faqir (ascetic or religious mendicant)”
falafelArabic · “falafel”
fatwaArabic · “fatwa”
fennekkiArabic · “fennec (Fennecus zerda)”
GabrielBiblical Hebrew · “a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancie”
GadolinModern Hebrew · “a surname”
gaselliArabic · “antilopine, antelope (bovid in the subfamily Ant”
ge'ezGe'ez · “synonym of muinaisetiopia”
GetsemaneAramaic · “Gethsemane (garden in ancient Jerusalem)”
GideonBiblical Hebrew · “Gideon (biblical character)”
GilgamesAkkadian · “Gilgamesh (legendary king of Uruk)”
GoljatBiblical Hebrew · “Goliath”
HaamBiblical Hebrew · “Ham (son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and ”
haaremiArabic · “harem”
hadithArabic · “hadith (collection of Muhammed's sayings)”
halalArabic · “halal”
hallelujaBiblical Hebrew · “hallelujah”
HannaBiblical Hebrew · “a female given name from Biblical Hebrew, also a”
hanukiaModern Hebrew · “hanukkiah (nine-branched candelabrum used during”
hanukkaModern Hebrew · “Hanukkah”
haramArabic · “haram”
hašemiittiArabic · “Hashemite (direct descendant of Hashim)”
hasisArabic · “hashish”
haskalaModern Hebrew · “Haskalah (intellectual movement among European J”
hassaniyyaArabic · “Hassaniya Arabic (variety of Arabic spoken in Ma”
hattiAkkadian · “Hattian (person)”
heBiblical Hebrew · “he (fifth letter of the Hebrew and Phoenician sc”
hennaArabic · “henna (dye and color)”
hepreaBiblical Hebrew · “Hebrew (language)”
HesekielBiblical Hebrew · “Ezekiel (biblical character)”
hetBiblical Hebrew · “heth (eighth letter of the Hebrew and Phoenician”
hidžraArabic · “Hegira, Hijra”
hijabArabic · “hijab (headscarf)”
HiskiaBiblical Hebrew · “Hezekiah (biblical character)”
HooseaBiblical Hebrew · “Hosea (prophet and a book of the Bible named aft”
hoosiannaBiblical Hebrew · “hosanna”
hummusArabic · “hummus”
huuriArabic · “houri”
id al-fitrArabic · “Eid al-Fitr (Islamic religious celebration)”
ifritArabic · “ifrit”
IisaiBiblical Hebrew · “Jesse (biblical character)”
IisakBiblical Hebrew · “Isaac (biblical character)”
imaamiArabic · “imam”
ImmanuelBiblical Hebrew · “Immanuel”
IrakArabic · “Iraq (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)”
IsebelBiblical Hebrew · “Jezebel”
islamArabic · “Islam (religion)”
IsmaelBiblical Hebrew · “Ishmael (biblical character)”
IsraelBiblical Hebrew · “Israel (a country in Western Asia in the Middle ”
IštarAkkadian · “Ishtar (goddess of love and war, associated with”
JaafetBiblical Hebrew · “Japheth”
JaakobBiblical Hebrew · “Jacob (biblical character)”
JahveBiblical Hebrew · “Yahweh”
jallaArabic · “diarrhea”
JeesusBiblical Hebrew · “Jesus”
JehovaBiblical Hebrew · “Jehovah”
JehuditBiblical Hebrew · “Judith, the wife of Esau.”
JemenArabic · “Yemen (a country in West Asia in the Middle East”
JeremiasBiblical Hebrew · “a male given name”
JerusalemBiblical Hebrew · “Jerusalem (the claimed (and de-facto) capital ci”
jihadArabic · “jihad (Muslims' holy war)”
JoakimSwedish · “a male given name”
JoelBiblical Hebrew · “Joel.”
JohannaBiblical Hebrew · “a female given name from Latin”
JohannesBiblical Hebrew · “a male given name from Latin”
jom kippurModern Hebrew · “Yom Kippur”
JooaBiblical Hebrew · “a male given name”
JoonaBiblical Hebrew · “Jonah”
JoonasBiblical Hebrew · “Jonah, Jonas”
JoonatanBiblical Hebrew · “Jonathan, in earlier translations of the Bible.”
JoosefBiblical Hebrew · “Joseph”
JoosuaBiblical Hebrew · “Joshua.”
JormaAncient Greek · “a male given name”
JuttaBiblical Hebrew · “a female given name”
KaabaArabic · “Kaaba”
kabbalaModern Hebrew · “Kabbalah”
kabyyliArabic · “Kabyle (language)”
kafferiArabic · “kaffir”
kagaaliModern Hebrew · “The Kagal, a secret Finnish society active in th”
kähtäväArabic · “a military base worker of local ethnicity in a c”
kahviArabic · “coffee (beverage made by infusing the beans of t”
KainBiblical Hebrew · “Cain (Biblical character)”
KairoArabic · “Cairo (the capital city of Egypt)”
kalifiArabic · “caliph”
KanaanBiblical Hebrew · “Canaan (biblical character)”
kanjoniSumerian · “canyon”
kanuunaSumerian · “cannon”
karahviArabic · “carafe (bottle, usually glass and with a flared ”
karaiittiModern Hebrew · “Karaite”
KartagoPhoenician · “Carthage (an ancient city in North Africa, in mo”
karttuuniArabic · “a strong and dense plain-woven cotton fabric sim”
kavaijiArabic · “a kind of jacket used as a part of a naval offic”
kebabArabic · “kebab (dish of skewered meat and vegetables)”
KeefasAramaic · “synonym of Pietari (“Peter (the Apostle)”)”
kerubiBiblical Hebrew · “cherub”
khatArabic · “khat (plant)”
kibbutsiModern Hebrew · “kibbutz”
kipaModern Hebrew · “yarmulke, kippah”
knessetModern Hebrew · “Knesset”
KoraaniArabic · “Qur'an (the Islamic holy book)”
košerModern Hebrew · “kosher”
kurkumaSanskrit · “turmeric (spice)”
kuskusArabic · “couscous”
KuwaitArabic · “Kuwait (a country in West Asia in the Middle Eas”
LailaArabic · “a female given name”
LeaBiblical Hebrew · “Leah (biblical character)”
LeeviBiblical Hebrew · “Levi (biblical character)”
LeilaArabic · “a female given name from Arabic”
LibanonBiblical Hebrew · “Lebanon (a country in West Asia in the Middle Ea”
LootBiblical Hebrew · “Lot (nephew of Abraham)”
majlisArabic · “majlis, Majlis (parliament of Iran)”
MalakiasBiblical Hebrew · “a male given name”
mamelukkiArabic · “mameluke”
mammonaAramaic · “mammon, Mammon (wealth, material avarice)”
mannaBiblical Hebrew · “manna (food substance)”
MariaAramaic · “Mary (Biblical character)”
MarttaAramaic · “Martha (biblical character)”
MasqatArabic · “Muscat (the capital of Oman)”
MatiasBiblical Hebrew · “Matthias”
MatteusBiblical Hebrew · “Matthew.”
MekkaArabic · “Mecca (city in Saudi Arabia)”
MelkisedekBiblical Hebrew · “Melchizedek”
MelkkoBiblical Hebrew · “a Finnish surname”
messiasBiblical Hebrew · “messiah”
MetusalemBiblical Hebrew · “Methuselah”
mezuzaModern Hebrew · “mezuzah”
MiikaBiblical Hebrew · “Micah”
MikaelBiblical Hebrew · “Michael”
MilkaBiblical Hebrew · “Milcah.”
MirjamBiblical Hebrew · “Miriam”
monsuuniArabic · “monsoon (wind)”
MoosesBiblical Hebrew · “Moses (Biblical figure)”
moskeijaArabic · “mosque”
muftiArabic · “mufti”
MuhammadArabic · “Muhammad (prophet of Islam)”
MuhammedArabic · “Muhammad (prophet of Islam)”
mullaArabic · “mullah”
mullahArabic · “mullah (islamic scholar)”
MuskatArabic · “Muscat (the capital of Oman)”
muslimiArabic · “Muslim”
muumioPersian · “mummy”
nablaModern Hebrew · “nabla (symbol and instrument)”
nadiiriArabic · “nadir”
NaemiBiblical Hebrew · “obsolete form of Noomi (as a biblical character)”
NasaretBiblical Hebrew · “Nazareth (ancient town in Galilee)”
NatanaelBiblical Hebrew · “Nathanael (Biblical figure)”
NehemiaBiblical Hebrew · “Nehemiah (biblical character)”
nikkudModern Hebrew · “nikud”
NooaBiblical Hebrew · “Noah (biblical figure)”
NoomiBiblical Hebrew · “Naomi (biblical character)”
ObadjaBiblical Hebrew · “Obadiah”
OmanArabic · “Oman (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)”
peBiblical Hebrew · “pe (seventeenth letter of the Hebrew and Phoenic”
pesahModern Hebrew · “Pesach, Passover”
pinaattiArabic · “spinach (Spinacia oleracea)”
purimModern Hebrew · “Purim”
Pyhä HenkiBiblical Hebrew · “the Holy Spirit, Holy Ghost”
QatarArabic · “Qatar (a country in West Asia in the Middle East”
RaakelBiblical Hebrew · “Rachel (biblical character)”
rabbiModern Hebrew · “rabbi”
RafaelBiblical Hebrew · “Raphael (biblical character)”
rakuunaAncient Greek · “tarragon (herb, Artemisia dracunculus)”
ramadanArabic · “Ramadan”
ratsiaArabic · “raid (by police), roundup”
rauha hänelleArabic · “peace be upon him, peace be upon her”
RebekkaBiblical Hebrew · “Rebekah (biblical character)”
RiadArabic · “Riyadh (the capital city of Saudi Arabia)”
riisiArabic · “ream (quantity of 500 sheets of paper)”
roš hašanaModern Hebrew · “Rosh Hashanah”
roš hodešModern Hebrew · “Rosh Chodesh”
RuubenBiblical Hebrew · “Reuben (Biblical figure)”
RuutBiblical Hebrew · “Ruth (biblical character)”
SaaraBiblical Hebrew · “Sarah (biblical character)”
SaatanaBiblical Hebrew · “Satan (the Devil)”
sabraModern Hebrew · “sabra”
saddukeusBiblical Hebrew · “Sadducee (member of an ancient Jewish sect)”
safariArabic · “safari”
SaharaArabic · “the Sahara”
SahelArabic · “Sahel (semiarid region in northern Africa)”
sahramiArabic · “saffron (spice)”
SakariasBiblical Hebrew · “Zacharias”
SakarjaBiblical Hebrew · “Zachariah; Zechariah.”
SakuBiblical Hebrew · “a male given name, equivalent to English Zach or”
SalomonBiblical Hebrew · “Solomon (Biblical figure)”
salukiArabic · “Saluki (breed of dog)”
SampsaBiblical Hebrew · “A divinity (haltia) of fields and growth.”
SamuelBiblical Hebrew · “Samuel”
SanaaArabic · “Sanaa (capital of Yemen)”
sapattiBiblical Hebrew · “Sabbath”
šariaArabic · “sharia”
saudiArabic · “Saudi”
SaulBiblical Hebrew · “Saul”
šavuotModern Hebrew · “Shavuot”
SeemBiblical Hebrew · “Shem”
seesam aukeneArabic · “open sesame”
SeetBiblical Hebrew · “Seth (Biblical figure)”
sefardiModern Hebrew · “Sephardi (Jew of Iberian ancestry)”
šeikkiArabic · “sheikh, sheik”
sekeliModern Hebrew · “shekel”
SelimArabic · “a male given name from Arabic”
SerafiinaBiblical Hebrew · “a female given name from Latin, equivalent to En”
SerubbabelBiblical Hebrew · “Zerubbabel”
SevillaPhoenician · “Seville (the capital city of Andalusia, Spain)”
shakshukaEnglish · “shakshuka (dish of eggs simmered in a mixture of”
sharonModern Hebrew · “persimmon”
šiiaArabic · “Shi'a, Shi'ite (follower of Shia Islam)”
SiinaiBiblical Hebrew · “Sinai”
SiionBiblical Hebrew · “Zion (a hill in West Jerusalem, in Israel, on wh”
siirappiArabic · “syrup, treacle (syrupy byproduct of sugar refini”
silmä silmästäBiblical Hebrew · “eye for an eye”
SimeonBiblical Hebrew · “Simeon (biblical figure)”
simhat toraModern Hebrew · “Simchat Torah”
SimonBiblical Hebrew · “Simon (biblical figure)”
SimsonBiblical Hebrew · “Samson (Biblical figure)”
SipporaBiblical Hebrew · “Zipporah”
sivettiArabic · “civet (cat-like carnivore of the subfamily Viver”
sohvaAramaic · “sofa, couch”
SudanArabic · “Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa”
sukkotModern Hebrew · “Sukkot”
sumakkiArabic · “sumac (plant and the spice made of its dried ber”
SumerAkkadian · “Sumer (a historical region occupied by the earli”
sumeriAkkadian · “Sumerian (ancient language spoken in Sumer)”
sunniArabic · “Sunni (person)”
SusannaBiblical Hebrew · “Susanna.”
suuraArabic · “sura”
švaaModern Hebrew · “schwa (indeterminate central vowel sound)”
taaraArabic · “tare (empty weight of a container)”
tabbuleArabic · “tabbouleh (a Levantine salad or meze generally c”
TabitaAramaic · “Tabitha (biblical character)”
TaddeusAramaic · “Thaddaeus”
talkkiPersian · “talc”
tariffiArabic · “tariff (rate at which government-imposed duties ”
tassiMiddle Persian · “saucer (small shallow dish to hold a cup and cat”
Tel MegiddoModern Hebrew · “Mount Megiddo”
tetBiblical Hebrew · “teth (ninth letter of the Hebrew and Phoenician ”
tooraModern Hebrew · “Torah (Jewish law)”
TopiasBiblical Hebrew · “a male given name”
tseladaAmharic · “gelada (Theropithecus gelada)”
TuomasAramaic · “a male given name of biblical origin”
UgaritUgaritic · “Ugarit (an ancient port city in northern Syria)”
ummaArabic · “ummah (the worldwide Muslim community)”
UriaBiblical Hebrew · “Uriah (biblical character)”
vadiArabic · “wadi”
varaaniArabic · “monitor lizard”
zikkuratAkkadian · “ziggurat”