If you’re watching Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic the anime or reading the manga, you’d notice some weird magic abilities names been pronounced during the show, well they’re so weird for non-Arabic speakers, and slightly familiars for Arabians. Most of those names are spelled in Arabic, and that’s something pretty awesome and job well-done by the author Shinobu Ohtaka for the thorough research. He didn’t just choose some strange unrelated call names for those abilities but carefully chose what each ability means so that name depict what that ability does. Let’s see what each character has:

Aladdin is the main character in Magi and has a generous amount of magic abilities:

• Borg (Borugu): derived from the Arabic word بُرج Burj, which simply means Tower. Borg is also used by other Magis like Yamraiha, Judar, Gyokuen Ren, Sphintus Carmen, Myers, Titus Alexius, Irene Smirnoff, and Ithnan.
• Harhar Infigar (Haruharu Infigaru): derived from the Arabic phrase إنفِجار حار حار Infijaar Haar Haar, which means Hot Hot Burst or Hot Hot Explosion.
• Harhar Rasars (Haruharu Rasasu): derived from the Arabic phrase رَصاص حار حار Rasaas Haar Haar, which means Hot Hot Bullet.
• Sharrar Raaki (Shararu Raki): derived from the Arabic phrase رُقي شَرّار Ruqii Sharraar, which means Sparkling Rise. The corrected version would be رُقي الشَرّار Ruqii alSharraar, it just makes more sense like that.
• Sharrar Sarab (Shararu Sarabu): derived from the Arabic phrase سَراب شَرّار Saraab Sharraar, which means Sparkling Mirage. The corrected version would be سَراب الشَرّار Saraab alSharraar.
• Ramuzu (Ramuzu): derived from the Arabic word رَمز Ramz, which means Code or Symbol, this spell I guess is the only one that doesn’t relate to the magic itself since it’s a Thunder.
• Asfal Riif (Asufaru Rifu): derived from the Arabic phrase ريح سُفلى Riih Suflaa, which means to Lowest Wind.
• Hadika Hadeka (Hadika Hadeka): possibly derived from the Arabic phrase الحَدِيقة حَدك Al-Hadiiqah Haddek, which means “The Garden is your limit”, with the garden being a reference to Heaven or paradise, although the usual word for that concept would be جنّة‎ Jannah, which also happens to mean”garden”.

Now for the rest of the characters, Sinbad, Judar, Yamraiha… etc;

Sinbad:

• Balalark Saika (Bararaku Saika): derived from the Arabic phrase صاعِقة بَرّاقة Sa’eqa Barraqa, meaning Flashing Lightning.
  
• Foraz Zora (Forazu Zora): derived from the Arabic phrase according to the wiki زور الفرز Zuur Al-Farz, which roughly translates to Force of Separation. The name could also derive from زور الفولاذ Zuur Al-Fuulaadh Steel Force. I am not sure about the meaning of Zuur in Arabic.

Yamraiha:

• Sharrar Magud (Shararu Magudo): derived from the Arabic phrase مَجد شَرّار Majd Sharraar, which means Sparkling Glory.
• Sharrar Rakesa (Shararu Rakesa): derived from the Arabic phrase رَقص شَرّار Raqs Sharraar, which means Sparkling Dance.

Judar:

• Sarg Arsarros (Sarugu Arusarosu): derived from the Arabic phrase ثَلج ثالِث Thalj Thaalith, meaning Third Snow.
  

And here are a quick list for the rest of the characters:

• Alf Al Yatsudo (Arufu Aru Yaddo): Used by Zurmudd, derived from the Arabic word ألف اليَد Alf Al-Yad, which literally means Thousand of Hand (singular hand).
  
• Flash Al Araf (Furashu Aru Arafu): Used by Apollonius, derived from the Arabic phrase فلاش الآلاف Flash Al-Alaf Flash of Thousands.
• Rea Baldo (Rea Barudo): Used by Dunya Musta’sim, derived from the Arabic phrase بَرَد رائِع Barad Raee’ meaning Amazing Hail.

Reference: Magi Wiki

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