Do you speak a little Arabic when you say 'gazelle'?

'Gazelle' is a word borrowed from Arabic 'ghazāl'. The word entered the English language some time around 1600.

gazelle [noun] [1600]

Any of numerous small to medium graceful and swift African and Asian antelopes ( and related genera)

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Etymology: French, from Middle French, from Arabic 'ghazāl'

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