French & Italian Words in Levantine

 While reading the book “Palestine - A 4000 Year History”, I found out that the below words came from Europeans as they started having a constant presence in Palestine and Levant:

اوتيل - hotel (otel)

شوفير - chauffeur

دوش - douche (dushe)

موضة - mode (moda)

بنزين - Benzina (banzin)

كراج - garage (karaj)

باطون - beton (baton)

كنباي - canapé (canabai)

صالون - salon

بلكونة - balcon (balconeh)

سوفينير - souvenir

النصير - ascenseur

دوسية - dossier (dusiyyeh)