Swedish

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

abbaAramaic · “Abba, Father (respectful way of addressing God)”
abbotAramaic · “an abbot”
AdamModern Hebrew · “The letter "A" in the Swedish spelling alphabet”
ädiArabic · “chill (all right, not a problem, no stress)”
akhiArabic · “akhi (“brother (close male friend)”)”
AlgerietArabic · “Algeria (a country in North Africa)”
alkaliArabic · “an alkali”
alkoholAkkadian · “alcohol”
AllahArabic · “Allah”
amalgamAncient Greek · “amalgam”
amiralArabic · “an admiral”
aprikosLatin · “apricot (fruit)”
ärtskockaArabic · “synonym of kronärtskocka”
askarArabic · “a G, a gangster (person embodying orten ideals)”
askenasModern Hebrew · “Ashkenazi (a person of that group)”
aubergineSanskrit · “eggplant, aubergine (fruit, plant, color)”
BabylonAkkadian · “Babylon (an ancient city, the ancient capital of”
bulbylArabic · “a bird of the bulbul (Pycnonotidae) family”
chassidismModern Hebrew · “Hassidism; Hassidic Judaism”
chifferArabic · “cipher”
DanModern Hebrew · “Dan”
DavidBiblical Hebrew · “The letter "D" in the Swedish spelling alphabet”
djinnArabic · “jinn”
druserArabic · “Druze”
EdenBiblical Hebrew · “Eden”
EmanuelModern Hebrew · “a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to Eng”
emirArabic · “emir (an Islamic prince or leader)”
emiratArabic · “an emirate (country or state ruled by an emir)”
falafelArabic · “falafel”
faraoModern Hebrew · “a pharaoh (supreme ruler of ancient Egypt)”
flosArabic · “money”
gahbaArabic · “a whore”
gasellArabic · “gazelle”
gitarrAncient Greek · “a guitar”
habibiArabic · “a darling (someone beloved)”
hafflaArabic · “to party”
haiwanArabic · “animal, beast (as an invective towards someone n”
halalArabic · “halal”
harakatArabic · “action, commotion, stir, chaos”
haramArabic · “haram”
imamArabic · “imam”
ImmanuelModern Hebrew · “Immanuel”
inshallahArabic · “inshallah”
IsebelBiblical Hebrew · “Jezebel”
jallaArabic · “come on, c’mon”
jehuModern Hebrew · “Indicates a furious speed.”
JesusAramaic · “Jesus”
jihadArabic · “jihad”
JohannesBiblical Hebrew · “John”
jom kippurModern Hebrew · “Yom Kippur”
jubileraModern Hebrew · “celebrate a jubilee”
JudithModern Hebrew · “a female given name, variant of Judit”
kabylArabic · “Kabyle (individual member of the ethnic group)”
kaffeArabic · “coffee (a tree, its beans, a drink, a cup of cof”
kafirArabic · “kafir”
kalifArabic · “caliph”
kalifatArabic · “caliphate”
kamelProto-Semitic · “camel (especially the Bactrian camel, Camelus ba”
karaffArabic · “carafe”
kavajArabic · “lounge jacket”
keffArabic · “bad”
kelbArabic · “a dog (as a (sometimes bantering) invective)”
kippaModern Hebrew · “kippah, yarmulke”
koptAncient Greek · “Copt”
koranArabic · “Qur'an (individual copy of the book)”
koscherModern Hebrew · “kosher”
kreti och pletiBiblical Hebrew · “Tom, Dick and Harry”
kufiskArabic · “Kufic (relating to the Arabic city of Kufa)”
liljekonvaljBiblical Hebrew · “a lily of the valley (plant, wild flower (genus ”
MariaModern Hebrew · “Mary (Biblical character)”
mezuzaModern Hebrew · “mezuzah”
MichaelBiblical Hebrew · “a male given name, a less common spelling of Mik”
MirjamModern Hebrew · “Miriam.”
mockaArabic · “suede”
moskéArabic · “a mosque”
muezzinArabic · “a muezzin”
muftiArabic · “mufti”
mullaArabic · “mullah”
mumiePersian · “a mummy”
nasirModern Hebrew · “Nazarite”
papegojaArabic · “a parrot (bird from the order Psittaciformes)”
påskModern Hebrew · “Easter”
rabbiModern Hebrew · “Rabbi”
rabbinModern Hebrew · “a rabbi”
RafaelModern Hebrew · “Raphael (biblical character)”
ramadanArabic · “Ramadan”
risArabic · “a ream: 500 sheets (of paper)”
RubenModern Hebrew · “Reuben (biblical character).”
RutModern Hebrew · “Ruth (biblical book and character)”
RuthModern Hebrew · “a female given name, an alternative spelling of ”
sabbatModern Hebrew · “Sabbath (Biblical seventh day of the week, obser”
safariArabic · “safari”
SalehArabic · “a surname from Arabic”
schackPersian · “chess; a game of strategy for two players.”
schackraModern Hebrew · “to travel around and trade goods, perhaps not en”
scharlakanArabic · “scarlet (color)”
schejkArabic · “a sheik”
sefardModern Hebrew · “Sephardi (a person of that group)”
sesam, öppna digArabic · “open sesame”
SevillaPhoenician · “Seville (the capital city of Andalusia, Spain)”
shabbesModern Hebrew · “Shabbat (the Jewish or biblical Sabbath, the sev”
shejkArabic · “sheik”
shiitArabic · “Shi'a, Shiite (adherent of Shi'a Islam)”
SionBiblical Hebrew · “Zion (a hill in West Jerusalem, in Israel, on wh”
skäktaModern Hebrew · “slaughter in a kosher manner”
sockerPersian · “sugar; sucrose in the form of small crystals”
soffaArabic · “a couch, a sofa (upholstered seat)”
suediAlbanian · “(stereo)typically Swedish”
sultanArabic · “sultan (ruler)”
sunnitArabic · “Sunni, Sunnite (adherent of Sunni Islam)”
suraArabic · “sura (chapter of the Qur'an)”
talibanArabic · “Taliban”
tamamArabic · “perfect”
tamamArabic · “OK”
toraModern Hebrew · “a Torah”
tronaAncient Egyptian · “trona”
vesirArabic · “vizier”
wallahArabic · “wallah (when making an oath)”