There are certain Arabic words being used freely in the Yoruba language, that it seems to have become a part and parcel of us. Those words are so powerful that there seems to be no better substitute for them. This may be due to the reported fact that oduduwa once lived in MAKKAH", the home town of prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) before he migrated to ile-ife. It may also be because Islam reached the Yoruba before other non-traditional religion. Among those words are;

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sabàbí - borrowed from the Arabic word
'Sabab' (reason, cause)
Kádàrá - qadar (destiny, fate)
Àlámòrí - al'amr (affair)
Túbá - Taubah (repentance)
Àníyàn - Anniyah (intention)
Ìbáádà - ibaadah (divine service, act of
devotion or worship)
Àléébù - al'aib (fault,defect or demerit)
Sàdánkátà - sadaqta (bravo, you have spoken
the truth)
Sèríyà - shari'ah (Islamic law)
Rìbá - riba (usury, bribe)
hàrámù - haram (illegal act, cheating)
màkàrúrù - makruh (a detested thing, a
dishonest act)
Àláfíà - al'afiyah (good health, well-being)
Àdúà - ad-dua (prayer)
Kálámù - qalam (pen)
wòlíì - waliy (saint, holy man)
Àlùbáríkà - al-barakah (blessing)
Àsírí - Assirr (secret)
Wákàtí - waqt (hour)
àlééfà - khilafah (caliphate)
Àlùbósà - al-basal (onion)
Árísìkí - ar-rizq (good fortune)
Fáàrí - Fakhr (pride, bluff)
Fìtínà - fitnah (worry, trouble)
Màléékà - mala'ika (angels)
mùsíbà - musibah (misfortune)
Sáà - sa'ah (time, term, regime)
Súúrà - Surah (picture, form)
Súnà - Sunnah (tradition)
Sìná - Zina (adultery, fornication)

copied from a Facebook user : Ibrahim lawal

All languages borrow words from another

Educating

Most languages are mostly interwoven

Asiri in Igbo means gossip

bullshyt. Oduduah didnt live in Makkah. if he lived there he wouldve been enslaved by the arabs

PAGAN9JA:
bullshyt. Oduduah didnt live in Makkah. if he lived there he wouldve been enslaved by the arabs

really? oh....no Yoruba is oblivious of the fact that oduduwa emigrated from Makkah to ife during the religious crises there.....I no know where u hear your own tori oo

Nne5:
Asiri in Igbo means gossip

but "asiri" means "secret" both in Arabic and yoruba

adekhingz:

really? oh....no Yoruba is oblivious of the fact that oduduwa emigrated from Makkah to ife during the religious crises there.....I no know where u hear your own tori oo

thats a cooked up story. u must be really dumb to believe that.

PAGAN9JA:

thats a cooked up story. u must be really dumb to believe that.

thanks