| SAHIB | Word from Arabic for 'friend' |
| MATTRESS | Word, from Arabic for "thing thrown down", hence "carpet, cushion, mat", for a "biscuit" or palliasse for a bed (8) |
| HABOOBS | Word, from Arabic for "blowing furiously", for wind-driven sandstorms or violent dusters (7) |
| HAREM | Word from Arabic for "sacred, inviolable place" |
| ADMIRAL | From Arabic for "commander of", word for the most senior officer of a fleet or navy; or, their flagship (7) |
| AZAN | From Arabic for "announcement", a call to prayer made by a muezzin from a mosque's minaret (4) |
| COFFEE | From Arabic for "wine", a hot drink prepared from the beans, cherries or peaberries of a tropical shrub; a cup of this; or, its cafe au lait or mocha colour, when mixed with milk (6) |
| SAHARA | Name that comes from Arabic for "desert" |
| FELLAH | From Arabic for "tiller of the soil", what is an Egyptian peasant? (6) |
| ALTAIR | From Arabic for "flying eagle", Aquila's brightest star and one vertex of the Summer Triangle asterism (6) |
| ALCOVE | From Arabic for "vault", an arched niche in a room; or, a shady retreat, such as a bower or summerhouse or a recess in a garden hedge/wall, provided with seats (6) |
| CARAFE | Small bottle whose name may derive from Arabic for “draw water” |
| IMAM | From Arabic for "lead the way" or "he guided", title, found in the name of a "swooning" aubergine dish, of the prayer or salat leader of a mosque (4) |
| KOHL | From Arabic for "alcohol", name of the originally antimony-, galena- or stibnite-based cosmetic black powder used to darken or line the eyelids (4) |
| BRINJAL | Alternative name for the aubergine used in India and Africa; from Arabic via Portuguese (7) |
| SIROCCO | Hot and often dusty wind that blows across the Mediterranean from N Africa to S Europe in the spring and summer; from Arabic, 'east wind' (7) |
| LUTES | Rubber seals for preserving jars; or, thought to be from Arabic "oud", meaning "wood", chordophones shaped like halved eggs/pears (5) |
| ALGEBRA | High-school subject with a name derived from Arabic |
| ROMAN | Numerically different from Arabic (5) |
| ANAEROBIC | Translated from Arabic, one sort of exercise |
