Dutch

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

AäronBiblical Hebrew · “Aaron (Biblical figure)”
AbdoelArabic · “a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to Eng”
AbdoellaArabic · “a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to Eng”
AbelBiblical Hebrew · “Abel (Biblical character)”
AbrahamBiblical Hebrew · “a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to Eng”
abrikoosLatin · “apricot”
abtProto-Semitic · “an abbot, monastic superior of an abbey”
AchabBiblical Hebrew · “Ahab (historical king of Israel in Samaria, Bibl”
AchmedArabic · “a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to Eng”
AdamModern Hebrew · “Adam (Biblical character, mythological first man”
adatArabic · “a Malay or Indonesian legal tradition”
admiraalItalian · “admiral (naval officer)”
ajaArabic · “ayah, verse of the Qur'an”
alchemieAncient Greek · “alchemy”
algebraArabic · “algebra”
AlgiersArabic · “Algiers (the capital and largest city of Algeria”
algoritmeArabic · “an algorithm, precise logical computational proc”
AliArabic · “a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to Eng”
alkaliArabic · “alkali”
AllahArabic · “Allah”
almanakAndalusian Arabic · “almanac; book or table containing dates, often i”
almemorArabic · “bima, pulpit in an Ashkenazi synagogue”
amalgaamAncient Greek · “amalgam”
AmanoellahArabic · “a transliteration of the Persian male given name”
amberMiddle Persian · “amber (colour of fossil resin)”
amenBiblical Hebrew · “amen, so be it (at the end of a religious prayer”
amfioenAncient Greek · “opium”
AmidaModern Hebrew · “the Amidah, the Shmoneh Esreh (Jewish silent pra”
AmmanArabic · “Amman (the capital city of Jordan)”
ammehoelaArabic · “no way!, yeah right!, I don't think so!”
AnnaModern Hebrew · “a female given name, equivalent to English Ann”
aronModern Hebrew · “ark (consecrated receptacle for storing Torah sc”
artisjokArabic · “artichoke (Cynara scolymus), an edible plant rel”
assegaaiArabic · “assegai (javelin, throwing spear)”
aubergineSanskrit · “an aubergine, an eggplant (plant), Solanum melon”
averijArabic · “damage in transit; average (financial sense)”
ayatollahArabic · “a religious leader in Twelver Shi'ism”
azimutArabic · “azimuth”
BabelAkkadian · “Babylon (an ancient city, the ancient capital of”
BagdadArabic · “Baghdad (the capital city of Iraq)”
BahreinArabic · “Bahrain (an archipelago, island, and country in ”
bajesModern Hebrew · “slammer, jail, prison”
baobabArabic · “baobab, any tree of the genus Adansonia”
bedoeïenArabic · “a bedouin, member of a nomadic Arab desert tribe”
BeëlzebubModern Hebrew · “Beelzebub (demon)”
BeiroetArabic · “Beirut (the capital city of Lebanon)”
BenjaminBiblical Hebrew · “Benjamin (Biblical character, mythological son o”
BethlehemModern Hebrew · “Bethlehem (a city in the West Bank, Palestine)”
bimaAncient Greek · “bima (raised platform in a synagogue)”
boerkaArabic · “burka”
bolleboosModern Hebrew · “smart or clever person”
boulangerPersian · “Solanum melongena; eggplant, aubergine”
brietModern Hebrew · “bris, Jewish circumcision ceremony”
brogerModern Hebrew · “guy, chap, dude, bloke”
broocheModern Hebrew · “blessing, bracha”
caféArabic · “café; coffee shop”
CaïroArabic · “Cairo (the capital city of Egypt)”
CarmelModern Hebrew · “a neighbourhood of Hulst, Zeeland, Netherlands”
CarmenModern Hebrew · “a female given name”
challeModern Hebrew · “challah”
chaloetsModern Hebrew · “halutz, early labour Zionist pioneer in British ”
chametsModern Hebrew · “chametz”
ChannekeModern Hebrew · “synonym of Chanoeka (“Hanukkah”)”
ChanoekaModern Hebrew · “Hanukkah”
chanoekiaModern Hebrew · “hanukkiah”
chatoenaModern Hebrew · “wedding”
chequePersian · “check, cheque (a note promising to pay money to ”
cherubBiblical Hebrew · “cherub”
cherubijnBiblical Hebrew · “cherub (angel)”
choepaModern Hebrew · “chuppah, wedding canopy”
choppeModern Hebrew · “chuppah, wedding canopy”
ChristusBiblical Hebrew · “Christ, Messiah (Christian title for Jesus of Na”
couscousArabic · “couscous”
DavidEnglish · “David”
djihaadArabic · “struggle, effort”
douanePersian · “customs (service/authorities/administration)”
dragonAncient Greek · “tarragon (the edible Mediterranean herb Artemisi”
droosjeModern Hebrew · “drasha, Jewish religious sermon”
druusArabic · “a Druze”
EbenezerModern Hebrew · “a neighbourhood of Sint Maarten”
EdenBiblical Hebrew · “Eden (mythological garden in Genesis)”
EdomBiblical Hebrew · “Edom (land and region in the southern Levant and”
ElimModern Hebrew · “a village in Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands”
ElisabethBiblical Hebrew · “Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist”
elixerAncient Greek · “elixir”
emirArabic · “emir (an Islamic prince or leader)”
eroevModern Hebrew · “eruv”
EstherBiblical Hebrew · “the Book of Esther”
EvaBiblical Hebrew · “Eve (mythological first woman)”
EzechiëlBiblical Hebrew · “Ezekiel (Judahite prophet during the Babylonian ”
EzraBiblical Hebrew · “Ezra (the fifteenth book of the Bible)”
fakirArabic · “fakir”
falafelArabic · “falafel”
fattouchArabic · “fattouch”
fennekArabic · “fennec fox, Vulpes zerda”
firmamentModern Hebrew · “firmament (vault or sphere of the heavens, seen ”
gaaiPersian · “a wooden, somewhat bird-shaped target, often orn”
gabberModern Hebrew · “a guy”
GabriëlModern Hebrew · “Gabriel (Biblical archangel)”
gajesModern Hebrew · “riffraff, rabble”
GalileaModern Hebrew · “Galilee (a mountainous geographic region in nort”
gallischModern Hebrew · “nauseous”
gannefModern Hebrew · “thief”
gassieModern Hebrew · “hat, cap”
GazaBiblical Hebrew · “Gaza, Gaza City (a city in Palestine)”
geinModern Hebrew · “fun, pleasure, joke”
geteisemModern Hebrew · “riffraff, trashy folk, scum”
GideonAncient Greek · “Gideon (biblical character)”
girafArabic · “a giraffe, mammal of the genus Giraffa”
gitaarAncient Greek · “guitar”
gogmeModern Hebrew · “intelligence, insight, wisdom”
gojModern Hebrew · “a goy, gentile in the Jewish sense of ethnic non”
golemModern Hebrew · “a golem, a clay automaton”
GolgothaAramaic · “Golgotha”
goochemModern Hebrew · “smart, cunning, streetwise”
gotspeAramaic · “a grave insolence”
gozerModern Hebrew · “guy, dude, bloke”
hachelenModern Hebrew · “to eat”
hadjArabic · “hajj”
hadjiArabic · “hajji”
haggadaModern Hebrew · “Haggadah (liturgical text used at the Seder base”
halachaModern Hebrew · “Halacha”
halalArabic · “allowed, in keeping with Islamic principles”
hallelujaModern Hebrew · “hallelujah”
halvaArabic · “halva”
hamamArabic · “Turkish bath, hammam”
HannaBiblical Hebrew · “Hannah (Biblical character)”
haramArabic · “haram, forbidden, not allowed”
haremArabic · “harem (private part of an Arab house, esp. the w”
hasjiesjModern Standard Arabic · “hashish, hash”
HaskalaModern Hebrew · “Haskalah”
HassanArabic · “a male given name from Arabic”
HaverbusModern Hebrew · “a surname”
heibelModern Hebrew · “row, quarrel”
heilige der heiligenBiblical Hebrew · “Holy of Holies (chiefly in relation to the Templ”
heiligheid der heilighedenBiblical Hebrew · “Holy of Holies (in relation to the Temple of Sol”
HenochModern Hebrew · “Enoch (Biblical character)”
HidjraArabic · “Hijra”
hoeriArabic · “houri”
horkModern Hebrew · “A blunt, somewhat rude person.”
hummusArabic · “hummus”
IliasModern Hebrew · “a male given name from Arabic إِلْيَاس (ʔilyās)”
imamArabic · “imam”
insjallahArabic · “inshallah”
islamArabic · “Islam”
IsraëlBiblical Hebrew · “Israel (a country in Western Asia in the Middle ”
IsraëliModern Hebrew · “an Israeli”
IvrietModern Hebrew · “Ivrit, modern Hebrew”
JafetModern Hebrew · “Japheth”
jajemModern Hebrew · “jenever”
JanModern Hebrew · “a male given name, equivalent to English John”
jasmijnPersian · “jasmine (plant of genus Jasminum)”
jatModern Hebrew · “hand”
JeremiaBiblical Hebrew · “Jeremiah (Biblical character, Judahite prophet)”
JesajaBiblical Hebrew · “Isaiah (Israelite prophet, Biblical figure)”
JesseModern Hebrew · “a male given name”
JobBiblical Hebrew · “Job (the eighteenth book of the Old Testament)”
JoëlModern Hebrew · “Joel, the Biblical prophet (and eponymous Bible ”
joetModern Hebrew · “tenner, banknote of ten monetary units (usually ”
jofelModern Hebrew · “nice, fun”
JohannaModern Hebrew · “a female given name from Latin, masculine equiva”
JohannesBiblical Hebrew · “John”
JonaBiblical Hebrew · “Jonah (fictional prophet who preached to the peo”
JonasBiblical Hebrew · “Jonah”
jopperArabic · “duffel coat”
JozefModern Hebrew · “Joseph, son of Jacob (Biblical character)”
JozuaBiblical Hebrew · “Joshua (book of the Hebrew Bible)”
JudaBiblical Hebrew · “Judah (son of Jacob)”
JudeaBiblical Hebrew · “Judaea (central-southern region of Roman Palesti”
kabaalModern Hebrew · “din, loud noise made by people”
KabbalaModern Hebrew · “Kabbalah”
kafModern Hebrew · “kaph (Semitic letter)”
kafferArabic · “a non-believer or an infidel from the Muslim vie”
KaïnBiblical Hebrew · “Cain (mythological character)”
kalefaterenByzantine Greek · “to caulk (to fill seams with oakum)”
kaliefArabic · “caliph”
kalleModern Hebrew · “girl; lover; whore”
kameleonAkkadian · “chameleon (lizard of the family Chamaeleonidae)”
kanaalSumerian · “canal (artificial waterway)”
KanaänModern Hebrew · “Canaan”
kandijSanskrit · “rock sugar or rock candy (crystalline sugar conf”
kapoeresModern Hebrew · “broken, damaged, destroyed”
karmozijnPersian · “carmine”
karwijAncient Greek · “caraway (Carum carvi)”
kasjroetModern Hebrew · “kashrut (Jewish dietary laws)”
katoenArabic · “cotton, plant of the genus Gossypium”
kebabArabic · “kebab (seasoned meat grilled on a spit), esp. do”
kehillaModern Hebrew · “kehillah, organized Jewish community”
kibboetsModern Hebrew · “kibbutz”
kiddoesjModern Hebrew · “kiddush”
killeModern Hebrew · “organized Jewish community”
kinnesinneModern Hebrew · “hatred, envy, intense jealousy”
koffieArabic · “coffee (beverage)”
koosjerModern Hebrew · “kosher”
koterModern Hebrew · “kid, child”
kraakArabic · “a carrack, a nau; a large, 16th/17th century, Ib”
lazurietPersian · “lazurite”
lefModern Hebrew · “courage, bravery, daring”
LissabonLatin · “Lisbon (the capital city of Portugal)”
madrassaArabic · “madrasa (Islamic school)”
magazijnArabic · “storeroom, storehouse, depot, now especially of ”
majemProto-Semitic · “water”
makkeModern Hebrew · “blow”
MaltaPhoenician · “Malta (an archipelago and country in Southern Eu”
mamzerModern Hebrew · “mamzer, bastard (child born from a disallowed re”
mandeeërAramaic · “Mandaean”
mandeïschAramaic · “Mandaean (pertaining to Mandaeism or the Mandaea”
mandeïsmeAramaic · “Mandaeism”
MariaModern Hebrew · “Mary (Biblical character, mother of Jesus)”
mastabaArabic · “a mastaba (ancient Egyptian tomb structure)”
matrasArabic · “a mattress (a firm pad on which a person can rec”
matrasArabic · “a container of several types:”
MatteüsModern Hebrew · “Matthew, the apostle and several minor figures”
MatthijsModern Hebrew · “a male given name, equivalent to English Matthew”
MattiasModern Hebrew · “Matthias, the apostle”
matzeModern Hebrew · “a matzo”
medieneModern Hebrew · “Jewish communities in the Netherlands outside Am”
MeesModern Hebrew · “a male given name”
mehariArabic · “a mehari (type of dromedary camel)”
meierModern Hebrew · “honderdje, a 100 guilder or 100 euro banknote.”
memModern Hebrew · “mem (letter of the Hebrew alphabet)”
menoraModern Hebrew · “menorah”
mesdjidArabic · “mosque”
mesjoggeModern Hebrew · “crazy, insane”
MichaëlBiblical Hebrew · “a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to Eng”
mieModern Hebrew · “woman”
mikwaModern Hebrew · “mikveh”
minaretArabic · “minaret”
minjanModern Hebrew · “minyan”
minjeModern Hebrew · “minyan”
MirjamBiblical Hebrew · “Miriam”
misjpogeBiblical Hebrew · “family”
MoabBiblical Hebrew · “Moab (people and land in modern-day Jordan)”
moeftiArabic · “a mufti”
moessonArabic · “monsoon”
MohammedArabic · “Muhammad (prophet of Islam)”
moheelModern Hebrew · “mohel”
MokumModern Hebrew · “the city of Amsterdam, The Netherlands”
molochModern Hebrew · “anything large, untransparent and cumbersome, pa”
moskeeArabic · “mosque”
moslimArabic · “Muslim; a Muslim person, adherent to Islam”
moslimaArabic · “female Muslim; a Muslimah”
mummieArabic · “a mummy (extensively preserved corpse)”
muzelmanArabic · “Muslim”
naar de wijze der vrouwen gaanBiblical Hebrew · “to menstruate (rendering the Dutch indirect obje”
NaftaliBiblical Hebrew · “Naphtali (mythological son of Jacob)”
NaomiBiblical Hebrew · “Naomi (Biblical figure)”
nesjommeModern Hebrew · “soul”
niegesModern Hebrew · “A broad term referring to something evil, shamef”
NoachBiblical Hebrew · “Noah (mythological Biblical figure)”
NoëBiblical Hebrew · “Noah (mythological Biblical figure)”
noenArabic · “nun (Semitic letter)”
ObadjaBiblical Hebrew · “Obadiah”
oedArabic · “oud (instrument)”
oelamaArabic · “ulema”
oemmaArabic · “the ummah”
OfferfeestArabic · “an Islamic festival commemorating the prophet Ib”
oranjeMiddle French · “orange”
OsmaansArabic · “Ottoman”
papegaaiArabic · “parrot, member of the order Psittaciformes, espe”
parasjaModern Hebrew · “parashah, weekly portion of Torah”
parsjeModern Hebrew · “synonym of parasja (“parashah, weekly Torah port”
PasenModern Hebrew · “Easter, the major Christian feast commemorating ”
peigerModern Hebrew · “dead; (figurative) exhausted”
peigerenModern Hebrew · “to die”
penozeModern Hebrew · “underworld”
PeterAramaic · “a male given name, equivalent to English Peter”
PetrusAramaic · “Simon Peter, Cephas (Biblical character, early C”
piekerenArabic · “to worry, to mull”
PieterAramaic · “a male given name, equivalent to English Peter”
pioetAncient Greek · “piyyut, piyut (liturgical poem)”
ponemModern Hebrew · “punim, face”
poremModern Hebrew · “face”
qatArabic · “khat (the plant Catha edulis)”
RabatArabic · “Rabat (the capital city of Morocco, and capital ”
rabbiModern Hebrew · “rabbi”
rabbijnModern Hebrew · “rabbi”
ramadanArabic · “Ramadan”
RebeccaModern Hebrew · “a female given name from Hebrew”
resemArabic · “long list of similar things”
RivkaModern Hebrew · “a female given name”
rondeArabic · “round, iteration”
RubenBiblical Hebrew · “Reuben (Biblical/mythical character; Biblical tr”
RuthBiblical Hebrew · “Ruth (Moabite woman, Biblical character)”
sabbatModern Hebrew · “Sabbath”
sabraModern Hebrew · “Sabra (native-born Israeli)”
safariArabic · “safari”
SaharaArabic · “Sahara”
SahidischArabic · “Sahidic (Theban dialect of Coptic)”
SamariaModern Hebrew · “Samaria (ancient capital of the northern kingdom”
samoemArabic · “simoom”
SaraModern Hebrew · “Sarah”
satijnArabic · “satin”
schaakPersian · “chess”
scharlakenArabic · “a scarlet laken (woollen cloth)”
schoremModern Hebrew · “scum, riffraff”
sederModern Hebrew · “seder (Passover meal)”
seiderModern Hebrew · “seder (Passover meal)”
SemModern Hebrew · “Shem (a son of Noah)”
serafModern Hebrew · “seraph”
serafijnModern Hebrew · “seraph”
sesamAkkadian · “sesame (Sesamum indicum)”
sheikhArabic · “sheikh”
shoarmaArabic · “shawarma”
SionBiblical Hebrew · “a hamlet in Rijswijk, South Holland, Netherlands”
siroopArabic · “syrup, especially an inviscid variety”
sjabbatBiblical Hebrew · “Sabbath”
sjabbesBiblical Hebrew · “Sabbath”
sjacherenModern Hebrew · “to sell a pup, to swindle with substandard wares”
sjammesModern Hebrew · “shamash or gabbai, a sexton in a synagogue”
sjeikArabic · “a sheikh, various Arabic secular titles, includi”
sjekelModern Hebrew · “shekel, ancient Israelite unit of weight”
sjibboletBiblical Hebrew · “shibboleth”
sjikkerModern Hebrew · “drunk, loaded, intoxicated”
sjocheetModern Hebrew · “Jewish butcher. One that makes meat kosher”
sjoegeModern Hebrew · “comprehension, understanding”
sjofarModern Hebrew · “shofar”
sjofeetModern Hebrew · “biblical judge (premonarchic leader of the Israe”
sjofelModern Hebrew · “shabby, poor”
sjouchetModern Hebrew · “shochet”
smerisModern Hebrew · “synonym of politieagent”
smousModern Hebrew · “Jew”
SocotraArabic · “Socotra (an island of Yemen, between the Guardaf”
soebattenArabic · “to beg persistently”
soefiArabic · “Sufi”
soekArabic · “souq, bazaar”
soeraArabic · “surah, chapter of the Qur'an”
sofModern Hebrew · “bummer, disappointment”
sofaArabic · “a couch, a sofa”
soresModern Hebrew · “tsuris; misery, worry”
spinaziePersian · “spinach (Spinacia oleracea, an edible plant)”
stennisBiblical Hebrew · “uproar, commotion”
stiekemModern Hebrew · “secretly, sneakily”
suffeetPunic · “suffete (chief magistrate in ancient Carthage)”
suikerSanskrit · “sugar”
sultanAramaic · “sultan, a Muslim ruler title”
SyriëAkkadian · “Syria (a country in West Asia in the Middle East”
taherArabic · “Muslim circumcision ceremony”
talismanAncient Greek · “talisman, amulet”
tallesModern Hebrew · “a tallit”
tallitModern Hebrew · “a tallit”
TalmoedModern Hebrew · “Talmud”
TangerArabic · “Tangier (a port city, the capital of the region ”
tariefArabic · “fee, rate”
tasMiddle Persian · “cup (like a cup of coffee or tea)”
tebaModern Hebrew · “bima in a Sephardic synagogue”
tefillaModern Hebrew · “prayer”
temeierModern Hebrew · “whore (prostitute)”
TenachModern Hebrew · “the Tanakh”
tesjoevaModern Hebrew · “teshuva (penitence)”
tetModern Hebrew · “teth (Semitic letter)”
ThomasAramaic · “Thomas (biblical figure)”
tinnefModern Hebrew · “junk, stuff of poor quality”
TobiasModern Hebrew · “Tobias (Biblical character)”
tofModern Hebrew · “cool (objects)”
togesModern Hebrew · “toches; butt, buttocks, hindquarters”
tokkieModern Hebrew · “a lower-class person who is perceived to be unso”
ToraModern Hebrew · “Torah (first five books of the Hebrew Bible)”
tot in der eeuwen eeuwigheidAramaic · “for a very long time”
treefModern Hebrew · “dietary taboo, disallowed food”
treifeModern Hebrew · “treyf, non-kosher (being unpermitted food)”
uziModern Hebrew · “an uzi (submachine gun)”
varaanArabic · “the monitor lizard, a lizard of the genus Varanu”
vilajetArabic · “vilayet (province or administrative division of ”
vizierArabic · “a high-ranking official or minister in an Islami”
Vreugde der WetModern Hebrew · “Simchat Torah”
wadiArabic · “wadi”
wauPhoenician · “wau (archaic Greek letter)”
wet van Meden en PerzenAramaic · “iron law, irrevocable law (unchangeable, unconte”
ZebulonBiblical Hebrew · “Zebulun (Biblical son of Jacob)”
zenitArabic · “zenith”
ziggoeratAkkadian · “ziggurat”
zirkoonArabic · “zircon”
zoeaafArabic · “Zouave”
zoofModern Hebrew · “guilder”