Russian

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

Аллах акбарArabic · “Allahu akbar, Allah akbar (Muslim takbir - procl”
Аллаху акбарArabic · “Allahu akbar, Allah akbar (Muslim takbir - procl”
Аарон · AarónBiblical Hebrew · “a male given name, Aaron, from Hebrew, equivalen”
аба · abáArabic · “aba, a coarse woven cloth”
Абаддон · AbaddónModern Hebrew · “Abaddon”
Абагор · AbagórBiblical Hebrew · “a male given name, Abagor, from Hebrew”
Абакум · AbakúmBiblical Hebrew · “a male given name, Abakum, from Hebrew”
абакумыч · abakúmyčModern Hebrew · “a small crowbar for breaking through doors”
Аббас · AbbásArabic · “a male given name, Abbas, from Arabic, of Muslim”
Абдрахман · AbdraxmánArabic · “a male given name from Arabic, Abd al-Rahman, Ab”
Абдулла · AbdulláArabic · “a male given name from Arabic, of Muslim usage, ”
абджад · abdžádArabic · “abjad (writing system)”
Адам · AdámBiblical Hebrew · “a male given name, equivalent to English Adam”
адмирал · admirálArabic · “admiral”
Агав · AgávBiblical Hebrew · “a male given name, Agav, equivalent to English A”
Агавва · AgávvaSyriac · “a male given name, Agavva”
аятолла · ajatolláArabic · “ayatollah”
Айша · AjšáArabic · “a female given name from Arabic, equivalent to E”
Аким · AkímModern Hebrew · “a male given name, Akim”
Аль-Каида · Alʹ-KáidaArabic · “al-Qaeda”
альбаака · alʹbaákaArabic · “basil, sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum)”
Аладдин · AladdínArabic · “Aladdin (the fictional young man)”
Алеппо · AléppoArabic · “Aleppo (a city in Syria)”
Али-Баба · Ali-BabáArabic · “Ali Baba (a fictional character)”
алия · alijáModern Hebrew · “aliyah”
алим · alímArabic · “alim (Islamic scholar)”
алкоголь · alkogólʹAndalusian Arabic · “ethanol, ethyl alcohol”
Аллах · AlláxArabic · “Allah (God, in Islam)”
аллилуйя · allilújjaBiblical Hebrew · “alleluia; hallelujah”
алхимия · alxímijaAncient Greek · “alchemy”
Амаль · AmálʹArabic · “a female given name from Arabic”
амальгама · amalʹgámaAncient Greek · “amalgam”
аманат · amanátArabic · “amanat (a hostage from a local tribe taken by Ru”
амбал · ambálArabic · “strong, healthy man”
амбра · ámbraMiddle Persian · “ambergris”
аминь · amínʹBiblical Hebrew · “amen”
Арабская Республика Египет · Arábskaja Respúblika JegípetArabic · “Arab Republic of Egypt (official name of Egypt: ”
арак · arákArabic · “arrack”
аред · áredBiblical Hebrew · “angry old curmudgeon”
артишок · artišókArabic · “artichoke”
Асьют · AsʹjútAncient Egyptian · “Asyut (capital of Asyut Governorate)”
Ашкенази · AškenáziModern Hebrew · “a surname, Ashkenazi and Ashkenazy, from Hebrew”
Асуан · AsuánAncient Egyptian · “Aswan (city)”
атлас · atlásArabic · “satin”
авария · avárijaArabic · “damage, breakdown, fault, failure, crash (rarely”
Авда · ÁvdaAramaic · “a male given name”
Авдиес · AvdijésSyriac · “a male given name”
Авдон · AvdónBiblical Hebrew · “a male given name”
Авид · AvídAramaic · “a male given name”
Авия · ÁvijaBiblical Hebrew · “a female given name”
Авив · AvívBiblical Hebrew · “a male given name, Aviv, from Hebrew, feminine e”
Авраам · AvraámBiblical Hebrew · “a male given name”
Аврам · AvrámBiblical Hebrew · “a male given name”
Аввакум · AvvakúmModern Hebrew · “a male given name, Avvakum, equivalent to Englis”
Аза · ÁzaArabic · “a unisex given name from Arabic”
азан · azánArabic · “adhan (call to prayer)”
бадья · badʹjáAkkadian · “tub, bucket, basin, pail (broad, flat-bottomed v”
бакалея · bakaléjaArabic · “groceries”
бархат · bárxatArabic · “velvet”
бедуин · beduínArabic · “bedouin”
бегемот · begemótModern Hebrew · “hippopotamus”
бербер · berbérAncient Greek · “Berber, a representative of one of the nations t”
бисер · bíserArabic · “beads”
бязь · bjazʹArabic · “coarse calico”
Буттиджич · BúttidžičMaltese · “a transliteration of the English or Maltese surn”
цифра · cífraArabic · “figure, digit, cipher, numeral (a symbol represe”
цирконий · cirkónijArabic · “zirconium”
дирхам · dirxámArabic · “dirham”
джинн · džinnArabic · “jinn, jinni, genie (any of a class of spirits fr”
джирид · džirídArabic · “jereed”
джихад · džixádArabic · “jihad (holy war undertaken by Muslims)”
джизья · džízʹjaArabic · “jizya”
джума · džumáArabic · “Friday prayer”
Элохим · EloxímModern Hebrew · “Elohim (the name used for God in Hebrew scriptur”
Эсфирь · EsfírʹBiblical Hebrew · “Esther (biblical figure)”
фалафель · faláfelʹArabic · “falafel”
фараон · faraónAncient Egyptian · “pharaoh”
Фарида · FarídaArabic · “a female given name, Farida, from Arabic”
Фатима · FátimaArabic · “a female given name from Arabic, equivalent to E”
фил · filArabic · “elephant”
фитиль · fitílʹArabic · “wick”
Фома · FomáAramaic · “a male given name, Foma, equivalent to English T”
фусха · fúsxaArabic · “Fusha, Modern Standard Arabic, Classical Arabic”
Гамалиил · GamaliílBiblical Hebrew · “a male given name, Gamaliil, from Hebrew, equiva”
гашиш · gašíšArabic · “hashish”
Гавриил · GavriílModern Hebrew · “a male given name, Gavriil, equivalent to Englis”
газель · gazélʹArabic · “gazelle”
Гильгамеш · GilʹgaméšAkkadian · “Gilgamesh”
гой · gojModern Hebrew · “Goy, gentile, non-Jew.”
голем · gólemModern Hebrew · “golem”
Государство Ливия · Gosudárstvo LívijaArabic · “State of Libya (official name of Libya: a countr”
гусль · guslʹArabic · “ghusl (full-body wash taken by Muslims to restor”
Идлиб · ÍdlibArabic · “Idlib (a city in Syria)”
ифрит · ifrítArabic · “ifrit (kind of djinn mentioned in the Qur'an)”
Иисус Навин · Iisús NávinModern Hebrew · “Joshua (biblical character)”
Иисус Христос · Iisús XristósModern Hebrew · “Jesus Christ”
иешива · iješívaModern Hebrew · “yeshiva”
Иессей · IjesséjModern Hebrew · “Jesse”
Иешуа · IješúaBiblical Hebrew · “a transliteration of the Biblical Hebrew male gi”
Илия · IlijáModern Hebrew · “Elijah, Elias (biblical character)”
имам · imámArabic · “imam”
иншааллах · inšaalláxArabic · “inshallah (God willing)”
иншаллах · inšalláxArabic · “inshallah (God willing)”
интифада · intifádaArabic · “intifada”
Иоанн · IoánnModern Hebrew · “John”
Иордан · IordánBiblical Hebrew · “Jordan (a country in West Asia in the Middle Eas”
Иорданское Хашимитское Королевство · Iordánskoje Xašimítskoje KorolévstvoArabic · “Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (official name of Jo”
Иосиф · IósifModern Hebrew · “a male given name, Yosif and Iosif, from Hebrew,”
ираде · iradéArabic · “irade”
ислам · islámArabic · “Islam”
Иуда · IúdaModern Hebrew · “Judas (one of the Apostles)”
иудей · iudéjBiblical Hebrew · “Judaean”
Иудея · IudéjaBiblical Hebrew · “Judea”
Иван · IvánModern Hebrew · “a male given name, Ivan, equivalent to English J”
Ивиса · IvísaPhoenician · “Ibiza (island in the Balearic Islands of Spain, ”
иврит · ivrítModern Hebrew · “the Hebrew language, especially Modern Hebrew, I”
изафет · izafétArabic · “ezafe, izafet”
Измаил · IzmaílModern Hebrew · “Izmail (a city in Odesa Oblast, in southern Ukra”
Израиль · IzráilʹModern Hebrew · “Israel (a country in Western Asia in the Middle ”
Яков · JákovModern Hebrew · “a male given name, Yakov, equivalent to English ”
ясырь · jasýrʹArabic · “a prisoner taken by Turks or Crimean Tatars (or,”
Ефан · JéfanBiblical Hebrew · “a male given name, Yefan, equivalent to English ”
Ефингар · JefingárModern Hebrew · “Yefinhar (former name of Плюще́вка (Pljuščévka):”
Елисей · JeliséjBiblical Hebrew · “a male given name, Yelisei, equivalent to Englis”
Елизавета · JelizavétaBiblical Hebrew · “a female given name, Yelizaveta, from Hebrew, eq”
Ершалаим · JeršalaímModern Hebrew · “Jerusalem”
Есфирь · JesfírʹBiblical Hebrew · “Esther (biblical figure)”
Ева · JévaBiblical Hebrew · “a female given name from Ancient Greek [in turn ”
еврей · jevréjModern Hebrew · “Jew, Hebrew”
юбка · júbkaArabic · “skirt (part of clothing, especially woman's)”
кабала · kabaláModern Hebrew · “kabbalah”
кафе · kafɛ́Arabic · “café”
кайф · kajfArabic · “kif, high (euphoria or pleasant stupor caused by”
калам · kalámArabic · “kalam”
каланча · kalančáArabic · “watchtower, lookout tower”
калбит · kalbítArabic · “a member of the Banu Kalb tribe of Arabs in Meso”
калита · kalitáArabic · “money bag, burse, purse”
калям · kaljámAncient Greek · “qalam, reed pen”
камфора · kámforaArabic · “camphor”
каньон · kanʹónModern Hebrew · “indoor shopping mall”
кандалы · kandalýArabic · “shackles, manacles, gyves, fetters, irons (paire”
канитель · kanitélʹSumerian · “thin metallic gold or silver thread, used for em”
каркаде · karkadéArabic · “hibiscus tea, carcade”
кат · katArabic · “khat”
кебаб · kebábArabic · “kebab (skewered dish)”
кибитка · kibítkaArabic · “kibitka (horse-drawn carriage)”
кибуц · kibúcModern Hebrew · “kibbutz”
киноварь · kínovarʹArabic · “cinnabar (mineral)”
кипеш · kípešModern Hebrew · “noise; quarrel”
кисмет · kismétArabic · “kismet, fate, destiny”
китаб · kitábArabic · “The Qur'an”
кяфир · kjáfírArabic · “kafir (disbeliever)”
Кнессет · Knɛ́ssɛtModern Hebrew · “Knesset (the Israeli parliament)”
кофе · kófeArabic · “coffee (in the form of a beverage)”
Коган · KóganModern Hebrew · “a surname, Kogan, from Hebrew”
Коран · KoránArabic · “The Qur'an”
кошерный · košérnyjModern Hebrew · “kosher”
козёл отпущения · kozjól otpuščénijaBiblical Hebrew · “scapegoat”
кускус · kuskúsArabic · “couscous, a spicy dish that originated in northe”
лафа · lafáOld East Slavic · “benefit; luck; enjoyment”
Лазарь · LázarʹBiblical Hebrew · “Lazarus (Lazarus of Bethany, a man raised from t”
Лейла · LéjlaArabic · “a female given name from Arabic, equivalent to E”
Лиссабон · LissabónLatin · “Lisbon (a port city on the Iberian Peninsula, at”
лютня · ljútnjaArabic · “lute”
маца · macáModern Hebrew · “matzo, matzoh”
магарыч · magarýčArabic · “epulum, festive meal, particularly on the occasi”
магазин · magazínPolish · “shop, store (establishment that sells goods)”
майдан · majdánArabic · “public square, marketplace, maidan, meidan”
макар · makárArabic · “hypocrite, someone who applies concealment”
малина · malínaModern Hebrew · “thieves' hideout, den”
мамбет · mambétArabic · “a rural Kazakh person, perceived to be uneducate”
мангал · mangálArabic · “brazier, mangal, barbecue, charcoal grill (a por”
Марья · MárʹjaAramaic · “a female given name, Mar'ya, equivalent to Engli”
марафет · marafétArabic · “the outer appearance of orderliness, toilet – pe”
Марджана · MardžánaArabic · “a female given name from Arabic”
Марфа · MárfaAramaic · “a female given name, Marfa, equivalent to Englis”
Мария · MaríjaAramaic · “a female given name, equivalent to English Maria”
Марияш · MarijášArabic · “a female given name from Kazakh”
мат · matPersian · “checkmate, mate (Russian notation: ×)”
матрас · matrásArabic · “mattress (a pad on which a person can recline an”
Матвей · MatvéjModern Hebrew · “a male given name, Matvey, from Hebrew, equivale”
мазган · mazgánModern Hebrew · “air conditioner, A/C, usually able to heat as we”
мазут · mazútArabic · “mazut, fuel oil”
мечеть · mečétʹArabic · “mosque”
медресе · medrɛséArabic · “madrasa (an Islamic school)”
меджлис · medžlísArabic · “parliament in some Islamic countries or regions,”
мезуза · mezúzaYiddish · “mezuzah”
минарет · minarétArabic · “minaret”
мисюрка · misjúrkaArabic · “misiurka (a type of light helmet with a long cha”
мишпуха · mišpúxaModern Hebrew · “family, especially extended family”
Михаил · MixaílBiblical Hebrew · “a male given name, Mikhail, from Ancient Greek [”
моджахед · modžaxédArabic · “mujahid (a Muslim engaging in jihad)”
Моисей · MoiséjModern Hebrew · “Moses”
Моссад · MossádArabic · “Mossad (the national intelligence agency of Isra”
муэдзин · muedzínArabic · “muezzin (the man who issues the call to prayer)”
муфтий · múftijArabic · “mufti”
мулла · mulláArabic · “mullah (a Muslim religious scholar and teacher)”
мумия · múmijaPersian · “mummy (embalmed corpse)”
муссон · mussónArabic · “monsoon (any of a number of winds associated wit”
Мухаммад · muxammadArabic · “Muhammad the rasul to whom Quran was revealed.”
мухояр · muxojárArabic · “mukhoyar (an old Asian fabric of cotton blended ”
набат · nabátArabic · “alarm, tocsin (also figuratively)”
набоб · nabóbArabic · “nawab”
напас · napásArabic · “dose, pull, shot (of a psychoactive substance)”
натрий · nátrijAncient Egyptian · “sodium”
ненюфар · nenjufárSanskrit · “waterlily”
никаб · nikábArabic · “niqab (veil which covers the face)”
Ноеминь · NojemínʹModern Hebrew · “Naomi”
Осман · OsmánArabic · “Osman I”
Оттоман · OttománArabic · “archaic form of Осма́н (Osmán), the name borne b”
пижма · pížmaModern Hebrew · “common tansy (Tanacetum vulgare)”
райя · rájjaArabic · “rayah, the non-Muslim population in the Ottoman ”
рамадан · ramadánArabic · “Ramadan”
рамазан · ramazánArabic · “Ramadan”
рахат-лукум · raxat-lukúmArabic · “Turkish delight, rahat lokum, lokum”
Рахиль · RaxílʹBiblical Hebrew · “Rachel”
ребаб · rebábArabic · “rubab, rabab, robab, rebab, rewap”
Руфь · RufʹModern Hebrew · “Ruth”
ш · šArabic · “The twenty-sixth letter of the Russian alphabet,”
с нами Бог · s námi Bog!Koine Greek · “God is with us”
шабаш · šábašModern Hebrew · “Saturday, observed in Judaism as a day of rest, ”
садык · sadýkArabic · “Arab ally; Arab friend (a soldier in the Baathis”
шафран · šafránArabic · “saffron”
Шайтан · ŠajtánArabic · “shaitan, Satan”
салам · salámArabic · “salaam (greeting in a Muslim context)”
салям алейкум · saljám aléjkumArabic · “salaam alaikum (Muslim greeting)”
салят · saljátArabic · “salat”
шалом · šalómModern Hebrew · “shalom (Jewish greeting and farewell)”
Самуил · SamuílModern Hebrew · “Samuel (biblical character)”
самум · samúmArabic · “simoom (hot, dry wind)”
шариат · šariátArabic · “shari'a (Islamic religious law)”
Саркисян · SarkisjánLatin · “a surname, Sargsyan, from Armenian”
Сатана · SatanáModern Hebrew · “Satan, Prince of Darkness”
шатрандж · šatrándžSanskrit · “shatranj”
шаурма · šaurmáOttoman Turkish · “shawarma”
Сейфулла · SejfulláArabic · “a male given name, Seifulla, from Arabic, of Mus”
шейх · šejxArabic · “sheik, sheikh”
шекель · šékelʹModern Hebrew · “sheqel, shekel (currency unit in Israel)”
сель · selʹArabic · “landslide, mudslide, mudflow (a geological disas”
серафим · serafímBiblical Hebrew · “seraph”
шербет · šerbétArabic · “sherbet, sorbet (frozen fruit juice)”
шибболет · šibbolétModern Hebrew · “shibboleth (a word, especially seen as a test, t”
Сидон · SidónPhoenician · “Sidon”
шифр · šifrArabic · “cipher, code”
Сион · SiónBiblical Hebrew · “Zion (a hill in West Jerusalem, in Israel, on wh”
Сирийская Арабская Республика · Siríjskaja Arábskaja RespúblikaArabic · “Syrian Arab Republic (official name of Syria: a ”
шмон · šmonModern Hebrew · “frisk, shakedown, raid, body search, search (a s”
софа · sofáArabic · “a sofa whose back and sides have the same height”
суахили · suaxíliArabic · “Swahili (language)”
шуба · šúbaArabic · “fur coat (for men or women)”
суббота · subbótaModern Hebrew · “Saturday”
Суфиян · SufijánArabic · “a male given name, Sufiyan and Sufyan, from Arab”
сук · sukArabic · “souq”
сукка · sukkáModern Hebrew · “sukkah, temporary dwelling used on Sukkot.”
Суккот · SukkótModern Hebrew · “Sukkot”
султан · sultánArabic · “sultan”
сунна · súnnaArabic · “sunnah”
сура · súraArabic · “sura (any of the 114 chapters of the Quran)”
Сусанна · SusánnaBiblical Hebrew · “a female given name, equivalent to English Susan”
табак · tabákArabic · “tobacco”
Тагир · TagírArabic · “Tahir”
такбир · takbírArabic · “takbir”
талиб · talíbArabic · “Talib (member of the Taliban)”
талмуд · talmúdModern Hebrew · “Talmud”
Тамара · TamáraModern Hebrew · “a female given name, equivalent to English Tamar”
тамаринд · tamaríndArabic · “tamarind”
тара · táraArabic · “packaging”
тарбуш · tarbúšArabic · “fez, tarboosh”
тариф · tarífArabic · “tariff”
тасбих · tasbíxArabic · “tasbih”
тав · tavModern Hebrew · “taw, the last letter of the Hebrew alphabet.”
Тора · TóraModern Hebrew · “Torah”
треф · trefModern Hebrew · “treyf”
тшува · tšúvaModern Hebrew · “teshuva”
уд · udArabic · “oud (Arab string instrument)”
Угарит · UgarítUgaritic · “Ugarit (an ancient port city in northern Syria)”
умма · úmmaArabic · “ummah”
умра · úmraArabic · “umrah (a minor hajj, a lesser pilgrimage to Mecc”
унаби · unábiArabic · “jujube (fruit and tree)”
вакуф · vákufArabic · “waqf (inalienable endowment for charity)”
Варфоломей · VarfoloméjAramaic · “a male given name, Varfolomey and Varfolomei, eq”
Вифлеем · ViflejémModern Hebrew · “Bethlehem (a city in Palestine)”
визирь · vizírʹArabic · “vizier”
хадис · xadísArabic · “hadith”
хадж · xadžArabic · “hajj”
хала · xálaYiddish · “challah, twist”
халат · xalátArabic · “dressing gown, bathrobe (for men or women)”
халяль · xaljálʹArabic · “any halal act; any act permissible in Islam”
халва · xalváArabic · “halva”
Хамас · XamásArabic · “Hamas (a Palestinian Islamist militant group and”
хаммам · xammámArabic · “hammam, Turkish bath (a public bath in various I”
Ханука · XánukaModern Hebrew · “Hanukkah”
харч · xarčArabic · “grub, food”
Хава · XávaModern Hebrew · “a female given name, Khava, from Hebrew”
херувим · xeruvímModern Hebrew · “cherub (winged creature represented in the Bible”
Хезболла · XɛzbolláArabic · “Hezbollah (a Lebanese Shi'a Islamist political p”
хиджаб · xidžábArabic · “hijab (headscarf)”
хора · xóraModern Hebrew · “hora (type of dance)”
хохма · xóxmaModern Hebrew · “joke, anecdote (funny or amusing story)”
хумус · xúmusModern Hebrew · “hummus”
Загир · ZagírArabic · “a male given name from Arabic”
закят · zakjátArabic · “zakat (almsgiving, one of the five pillars of Is”
Замиля · ZamíljaArabic · “a female given name from Arabic”
Захра · ZaxráArabic · “a female given name from Arabic”
зенит · zenítLatin · “zenith, vertex, culmination, meridian”
зипун · zipúnArabic · “zipun (medieval Russian type of peasant upper ga”
Зуфар · ZufárArabic · “a male given name from Arabic, of Muslim usage”
жупан · župánArabic · “zhupan (a style of jerkin in Poland and Ukraine)”