Check out this site. "You may think you don't speak Arabic but there are more words of Arabic origin in English than you might expect."
Here's a list (I won't vouch for its accuracy): admiral, adobe, alchemy, alcohol, alcove, alembic, alfalfa, algebra, algorithm, alkali, almanac, amalgam, aniline, apricot, arsenal, arsenic, artichoke, assassin, aubergine, azure, Bedouin, benzine(?), Betelgeuse, bint, borax, cable, calabash, calibre, caliph, camel, camise, camphor, candy, cane, cannabis, carafe, carat, caraway, carmine, carob, casbah, check, checkmate, cinnabar, cipher, coffee, copt, cotton, crimson, crocus, cumin, damask, dhow, dragoman, elixir, emir, fakir, fellah, garble, gauze, gazelle, ghoul, Gibraltar, giraffe, grab, guitar, gypsum, halva, harem, hashish, hazard, henna, hookah, imam, jar, jasmine, jerboa, jessamine, jinn, kafir, khamsin, khan, kismet, kohl, lacquer, lake, lemon, lilac, lime, lute, magazine, mahdi, marabout, marzipan, massacre, massage, mastaba, mate, mattress, mecca, minaret, mizzen, mocha, mohair, monsoon, mosque, muezzin, mufti, mullah, mummy, muslim, muslin, myrrh, nabob, nacre, nadir, orange, ottoman, popinjay, racket, safari, saffron, saloop, sash, scallion, senna, sequin, serif, sesame, shackle, sheikh, sherbet, shrub, sirocco, sofa, spinach, sudd, sufi, sugar, sultan, sultana, syrup, tabby, talc, talisman, tamarind, tambourine, tarboosh, tare, tariff, tarragon, Trafalgar, typhoon, vega, vizier, wadi, zenith, zero
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