all Eastern folk-lore, 443.
Dabbah = wooden bolt, 265.
Dahmár (King) called by Scott “Rammaud,” 105.
Dann = Amphora (_Gr._ ἀμφορεύς short for ἀμφιφορεύς = having two
handles), _tr._ “two-handed jar,” 198.
Darabukkah-drum (or “tom-tom”), 13.
Darajah = an instant; also a degree (of the Zodiac), _tr._ “one watch,”
90.
—— is also used for any short space of time (ST.), 90.
Dár al-Ziyáfah (in Northern Africa) = a kind of caravanserai in which
travellers are lodged at Government expense, 330.
“Darín” for “Zarín” = what is powdered, collyrium, 111.
Dashísh (_Arab._), _tr._ “flour” (_Dicts._ make “wheat broth to be
sipped”), 347.
—— this is a pop. cor. of the class. Jashísh = coarsely ground wheat
(ST.), 347.
Daylakí = Daylakian (garments), 143.
Dayr Nashshábah = the Monastery of the Archers (a fancy name), 129.
_Decies repetitæ_, forms which go down with an Eastern audience, but
intolerable in a Western volume, 170.
“Diapedesis” of bloodstained tears frequently mentioned in the
“Nights,” 149.
“Díním” (religious considerations) of the famous Andalusian Yúsuf Caro
(a most fanatical work), 160.
“Dive not into the depths unless thou greed for thyself and thy wants,”
_i.e._, “tempt not Providence unless compelled so to do by
necessity,” 422.
Díwán (_Arab._) = Council-chamber, 227.
Díwan = Divan (the “Martabah” when placed on “Mastabah,” etc.), 68.
Doggerel, fit only for coffee-house, 164.
“Draw me aside its tail, so that I may inform thee thereanent” (also
similar facetia in Mullah Jámí), 46.
Dried fruits, to form the favourite “filling” for lamb and other meats
prepared in “Puláo” (Pilaff), 358.
“Drowned in her blood” in the text, for “all bleeding” (hyperbole run
mad), 139.
Drunkenness (instead of “intoxication”), 315.
Duty of good neighbour, to keep watch and guard from evil, 285.
Eateth on the spittle, _i.e._, on an empty stomach, 51.
Embárah (_pron._ ’Mbárah), _pop. for_ Al-bárihah = the last part of the
preceding day or night, yesterday, 256.
Enallage of persons (“third” for “first”—“youth” for “I”), 468.
Exaggeration necessary to impress an Oriental audience, 139.
Fadáwí (_Arab._) = a blackguard (_tr._ “ne’er-do-well”), 441.
Faddah, _tr._ “groats,” 226.
Faddán (here miswritten “Faddád”) = a plough, a yoke of oxen, 347.
—— also the common land-measure of Egypt and Syria, 347.
“Fa ghábá thaláthat ayyamin” = an he (or it, the mountain?) disappeared
for three days, 390.
—— (Dr. Steingass translates), 390.
Fahata (for “Fahasa?”) or, perhaps, _cl. error for_ “Fataha” = he
opened (the ground), _tr._ “choosing a place,” 353.
Fahata (prob. vulgarism for “Fahatha”) (fahasa) = to investigate (ST.),
353.
—— or may be read “Fataha” and _tr._ “he recited a ’Fátihah’ for them,”
(ST.), 353.
Fál or omen (taking a), 424.
Farárijí, _tr._ “Poulterer” (in text, as if the _pl._ of “Farrúj” =
chicken were “Farárij” instead of Faráríj) (ST.), 291.
Fatáirí = a maker of “Fatírah” pancake (_tr._ “Pieman”), 298.
“Fa tarak-hu Muusí am’à dáir yaltash fí ’l-Tarík” = “hereupon Musa left
his companion darkly tramping about,” 323.
—— (Dr. Steingass explains and translates), 323.
Fátihah (fem. of “fátih” = an opener, a conqueror), 460.
Fátimah and Halímah = Martha and Mary, 318.
Fatír (_for_ “Fatírah”) = pancake (_tr._ “scone”), 321.
Feeding captives and prisoners (exception being usually made in cases
of brigands, assassins and criminals condemned for felony), 430.
“Feeling conception” unknown except in tales, 124.
Fidáwi (also “Fidá’i” and “Fidawíyah”) = pirate-men, 25.
Fighting (the Fellah will use anything in preference to his fists in),
350.
Fí Hayyi-kum Taflatun háma, etc. (“A maiden in your tribe avails my
heart with love to fire,” etc.) (Steingass also translates), 149.
“Fí ’irzak” (_vulg._ “arzak”), formula for “I place myself under thy
protection” (ST.), 220.
Fikí (the pop. form of present day for “Fakíh,” _prop._ “learned in the
law”), _tr._ “tutor” (ST.), 420.
Fí Kib = “a mat” (Scott), 214.
Fingán (_pl._ “Fanájíl,” _pron._ “Fanágil”), and “Filgál” used
promiscuously (ST.), 236.
Finjál (_Arab._), systematically repeated for “Finján” (_pron._ in
Egypt “Fingán”), 236.
First night (wedding night), 223.
Flfl’a (a scribal error?), may be Filfil = pepper or palm-fibre, 351.
“Folk are equal, but in different degrees” (compared with “All men are
created equal”), 425.
Food, respect due to (Tale of “Daftardar”), 86.
Formula of the cup and lute, 196.
“Full dressed and ornamented” (a girl, lying beneath a slab), a sign of
foul play, 317.
Gardener, Egyptian names for (ST.), 293.
Gauttier quoted, 3, 17, 21, 63, 123, 125, 231, 263.
Ghába = departed (may here mean “passed away”), 390.
Ghashím (_Arab._) = a “raw lad,” a favourite word in Egypt, 29.
Ghaylah, Al- = Siesta-time (Badawi speech), 151.
Ghetto, the Jewish quarter (Hárah) which Israelites call “Hazer” = a
court-yard, an inclosure, 217.
“Ghibtu ’an al-Dunyá” a pop. phrase, _tr._ “I was estranged from the
world” meaning simply “I fainted,” 97.
Ghirárah (_Arab._) (_pl._ “Gharáír”) = a sack, 228.
“Ghul-who-eateth-man-we-pray-Allah-for-safety” (compound name), 161.
“Ghurrát” (_Arab._) may be bright looks, charms in general, or
“fore-locks” (ST.), 88.
Ghusl, or complete ablution, 93.
Girbahs = water-skins, 28.
Goodwife of Cairo and her four gallants (analogous), 253.
Gouged out the right eye, 322.
Guernsey and Sark folk-lore, 328.
Guide (in Africa), following instead of leading the party, 388.
“H” (the final aspirate), use of, 419.
Habbah, Al- = grain (for al-Jinnah) (ST.), 108.
“Hábíl” and “Kábíl” (_Arab._) equiv. of Abel and Cain, 56.
“Hadda ’lláho bayní wa baynakum,” _tr._ “Allah draw the line between me
and you,” 406.
Hajárata ’l-Bahramán (_Arab._) carbuncles, 133.
Hajjáj, Al- son of Yúsuf the Thakafí, 39.
Halbún, The Boobies of (tale concerning the), 273.
Hamákah = fury, 446.
Hamám = ruffed pigeon, culver, 151.
Hand (She raised her) heavenwards (not “her hands” after Christian
fashion), 174.
“Handicraft an it enrich not, still it veileth” _i.e._, enables a man
to conceal the pressure of impecuniosity, 223.
“Hanná-kumú’llah” = Almighty Allah make it pleasant to you, 69.
“Haply there will befal thee somewhat contrary to this”—a euphuism
meaning some disaster, 237.
Harárah = heat (_here der._ from “Hurr,” free born), noble, and _tr._
“nobility,” 289.
Harem, 283.
Harím (women) = the broken pl. of “Hurmah,” from “Haram,” the honour of
the house (also an infinitive whose pl. is Harímát = the women of a
family), 283.
Hasab wa nasab = degree and descent, 43.
Hasal (for which read Khasal), _tr._ “gain,” 425.
Hatím (wall) = The “broken” (wall) to the north of Ka’abah, 180.
Haudaj (_Arab._) = a camel-litter, _tr._ “Howdahs,” 193.
Hawálín, cler. error for either “hawálà” = all around, or “Hawálí” =
surroundings (ST.), 301.
Hawwúlín (_Arab._) _tr._ “over his ears,” (a corrupt passage in text),
301.
Hayfá, Al-, _i.e._ “The Slim-waisted,” 125.
Hazár = the nightingale, or bird of a thousand songs, 151.
Hazer = a court-yard, an inclosure, 217.
“He ... who administereth between a man and his heart,” a Koranic
phrase (ST.), 42.
Heaven, the fifth = the planet Mars, 119.
“He found her a treasure wherefrom the talisman had been loosed,” 14.
“Help ye a Moslemah” (in text “Help ye the Moslems”), 368.
Herklots quoted, 28.
Heron quoted, 27.
Hifán (_pl._ of “Hafnah”) = handful, mouthful (ST.), 11.
Hilál = the crescent (waxing or waning) for the first and last two or
three nights, 72.
Himà = the private and guarded lands of a Badawi tribe (_tr._
“demesne”), 142.
“Ho! Aloes good for use. Ho! Pepper,” etc., cries of an itinerant
pedlar hawking about woman’s wares, 351.
Holy House (youth being of, can deny that he belongs to any place or
race), 39.
Hospitality (House of), 330.
Houdas (Professor) quoted, 47, 48.
House of Háshim, great grandfather to the prophet, 46.
Hudá Sirru-hu, _i.e._, his secret sin was guided (by Allah) to the
safety of concealment, _tr._ “his secret was safe-directed,” 339.
—— Dr. Steingass reads “Wahadá Sirru-hu” = “and his mind was at rest”,
339.
“I am an Irání but Walláhi indeed I am not lying” (Persian saying for
“I will shun leasing”), 303.
“I will shun leasing,” 303.
Ibráa = deliverance from captivity, 203.
Ibrahim of Mosul, the far-famed musician, 193.
Ihtimám wa Ghullah (former should be written with major _h_, meaning
“fever”), _tr._ “there befel him much concern,” 421.
“Ilà an káta-ka ’l-’amal al-rabíh” (In MS. giving no sense.
Translations by Author and Dr. Steingass), 58.
Imr al-Kays (in text “Imriyyu ’l-Kays”) a pre-Islamitic poet (“The man
of al-Kays”), 181.
“’Ind ’uzzáti ’s-siníni” (_Arab._) = _lit._ the thorny shrubs of ground
bare of pasture, 59.
“Inna házih Hurmah lam ’alay-há Shatárah” = “Truly this one is a woman;
I must not act vilely or rashly towards her” (ST.), 220.
“Insistance overcometh hindrance” (equiv. of “’Tis dogged as does it”
of Charles Darwin), 171.
Intersexual powers, vaunting, 91.
“Intihába ’l furas” _lit._ = the snatching of opportunities (_tr._
“divest himself in a pleasurable case”), 222.
Intoxication (properly meaning “poisoning”) a term to be left for
“teetotallers” to use, 315.
Inverted speech, form of, 60.
Irak, Al-, the head-quarters of the Khárijite heresy, 213.
Irham turham = Pity and shalt be pitied (one of the few passive verbs
still used in pop. par.), 169.
“’Irk al-Unsá” (_Arab._) = chordæ testiculorum (_tr._
“testicle-veins”), 52.
“’Irz” (= protection), “Hurmah” and “Shatárah” (words explaining each
other mutually) (ST.), 220.
Ishtalaka = he surmised, discovered (a secret), 33.
Islam (Shaykh of), 317.
Isráfíl = Raphael, 302.
Istanáda ’ala Shakkati-h, _tr._ “(he might) lean against his quarter,”
401.
—— “he lay down on his rug” (ST.), 401.
“Istanatú lá-ha” (presupposing “istanattú” 10th form of “natt” = he
jumped), _tr._ “they threw themselves on her neck” (Dr. Steingass
takes it for 8th form of “sanat” and translates “listened
attentively”), 34.
Istífá = choice, selection, 203.
Istikhráj, Al- = making “elegant extracts,” 126.
“Itowwaha,” _tr._ “throwing his right leg over his back,” 382.
—— (Dr. Steingass also explains and translates), 382.
Ja’afar, the model Moslem minister, 72.
Jabal al-Saháb = “The mount of clouds,” 376.
Jady (_Arab._) = the zodiacal sign Capricorn (_tr._ “kid”), 46.
Jahím-hell, 55.
Jahím (Hell), 201.
“Jalabí” (in text), afterwards written “Shalabí,” 335.
Janínáti, Al- = the market gardener, 293.
Jannat al-Khuld (_Arab._) = the Eternal Garden, 172.
Járiyah rádih, Al-, _tr._ “the good graces of her mistress,” 161.
Jarrah (_Arab._) = flask, 321.
Jay’a, Al- = the onyx (a well-omened stone), 130.
Jazr = cutting, strengthening, flow (of tide), 203.
Jiház (_Arab. Egypt._ “Gaház”) = marriage portion, 28.
“Jílan ba’da Jíl” the latter word = revolutions, change of days, tribe,
people, 476.
Jinn-mad (or in Persian “Parí-stricken,”—Smitten by the Fairies), 249.
Jugular veins (esp. the external pair) carry blood to the face, and are
subject abnormally to the will, 340.
Jummayz (_Arab._) = a tall sycamore tree, 117.
Kababjí (for “Kabábji”), seller of Kabábs (_tr._ “cook,”), 225.
Kabdan (usual form “Kaptan” from _Ital._ “Capitano”) = Captain (ship’s)
(Turk, form, as in “Kapúdán-pashá” Lord High Admiral of ancient
Osmanli-land), 402.
Kabsh (_Arab._) = ram, 299.
Kabút (_pl._ Kabábít) = “Capotes,” 274.
Kadíd, Al- (_Arab._) = jerked meat flesh smoked, or sun-dried (_tr._
“boucan’d meat”), 51.
“Káík” and “Káík-jí” the well-known Caïque of the Bosphorus, 236.
Káim-makám = a deputy (governor, etc.), 281.
Kála’ l-Ráwi = the reciter saith, 64.
Kalím = one who speaks with another, a familiar, 203.
Kalímu’llah = Title of Moses, on account of the Oral Law and
conversations at Mount Sinai, 203.
Kamrah = the chief cabin (from _Gr._ καμάρα = vault), _tr._ “cuddy,”
24.
Kapúdán-pashá = Lord High Admiral of ancient Osmanli-land, 402.
Karawán = crane or curlew (_Charadrius ædicnemus_), 151.
Kárishín = chasing, being in hot pursuit of (ST.), 405.
Karm (✓), originally means cutting a slip of skin from the camel’s nose
by way of mark, 266.
Kasalah = a shock of corn, assemblage of sheaves, 53.
—— may be cler. error for “Kasabah” = stalk, haulm, straw, 53.
Kas’at (= a wooden platter or bowl) Mafrúkah, _tr._ “handrubbed flour,”
349.
Kashshara = grinned a ghastly smile (also laughing so as to shew the
teeth), 461.
Katá = sandgrouse, 151.
“Kata’ al-arba’,” or cutting off the four members, equiv. to our
“quartering,” 96.
Kata’a Judúr-há (for “hú”), _tr._ “backbone,” 353.
—— (Dr. Steingass refers pronoun in “Judúr-há” _tr._ “Rakabah,” taking
the “roots of the neck,” _tr._ = spine), 353.
Kawá’ib, Al- = High-breasted (also P. N. of the river), 176.
Kawá’ib, Al- (a name unknown to author); _lit._ meaning “of
high-breasted virgins,” 129.
Kázánát Al- (_pl._ of Kázán) = chauldrons (_Turk._ “Kazghán”), (ST.),
25.
Kazánát, (_pl._ of “Kázán”) = crucibles (opp. to Kawálib = moulds),
108.
Kází al-Askar = the great legal authority of a country (_tr._ “Kazi of
the Army”), 310.
Kbb (possibly “Kubb” for “Kubbah”) = a vault, a cupola, 376.
—— (Dr. Steingass also explains and translates), 376.
Khálat-kí insánun (_Arab._), _tr._ “(some man) has mixed with thee”;
meaning also “to lie with,” 398.
Khálata-há al-Khajal wa ’l-Hayá = shame and abasement mixed with her,
_i.e._, “suffused or overwhelmed her” (ST.), 399.
Khalífah (never written “Khalíf”) = a viceregent or vicar, 64.
Khallí-ná nak’ud (_Arab._) = let us sit together (a thoroughly modern
expression) (ST.), 475.
Khams Ghaffár = “five pardoners” (Steingass reads Khamr (= wine) ’ukár
another name for wine, as in “Al-Khamr al-’ukár” = choice wine),
137.
Kharrat (in text) = tripping and stumbling (in her haste), 253.
—— (also may be meant for “Kharajat” = “she went out),” (ST.), 253.
Khátá = Cathay = China, 27.
Khazíb-dye; 200.
Khaznah (Khazínah) or 10,000 Kís each = £5, 236.
Khaznat al-Síláh (_Arab._) = the ship’s armoury, 403.
Khil’at = robe of honour, 410.
Khimár (_Arab._) = head-veil (a covering for the back of the head),
255.
Khizr = the Green Prophet, 301.
Kíb (_pl._ “Kiyáb” and “Akyáb”) = a small thick mat used to produce
shade (ST.), 215.
Kirsh = piastre, 226.
“Kisrat al-yábisah ’ala ’l-Rík, etc.” = a slice of dry bread on the
spittle, for it absorbs ... phlegm on the mouth of the stomach
(ST.), 51.
“Kohl’d her eyes,” 292.
Kohl-powder, 292.
Koran quoted, 44, 47, 48, 49, 50, 56, 58, 180, 460.
Kuláh meant for “Kuláh” a Dervish’s cap (ST.), 108.
Kumrí = turtle-dove, 151.
Kurúd = apes (occurring as a rhyme twice in three couplets), 190.
Kutb (Al-) al-Ghauth (_Arab._) = _lit._ “The pole star of invocation
for help” (_tr._ “Prince of the Hallows”) the highest degree of
sanctity in the mystic fraternity of Tasawwuf, 426.
“Lá Haul of Allah is upon thee,” _i.e._, it is a time when men should
cry for thy case, 359.
Lá Haula = there is no Majesty, etc., 359.
“Lá khuzibat Ayday al-Firák,” meaning, “May Separation never ornament
herself in sign of gladness at the prospect of our parting,” 200.
Laban, pop. word for milk artificially soured, 352.
Laban halíb (a trivial form) = sweet milk, 352.
La’bat Shawáribu-hu = _lit._ “his mustachios played” (_tr._ “curled”),
273.
La-hu Diráah (for Diráyah = prudence) fí tadbírí ’l-mulúk = _tr._ “Also
he had controul,” 465.
“Lá iláha illa ’llah,” the refrain of Unity, 403.
Lakasha = be conversed with, 285.
—— one of the words called “Zidd,” _i.e._, with opposite meanings, 285.
Laklaka-há (_Arab._), an onomatopœia, 265.
“Lam yakthir Khayrak”; this phrase (_pron._ “Kattir Khayrak”) is the
Egypt. and Moslem equiv. for our “thank you,” 60.
“Lam yanúb al-Wáhidu min-hum nisf haffán,” _tr._ “each took his turn
thereat and drank without drinking his full,” 11.
—— Dr. Steingass explains and translates “And none took his turn
without sipping a few laps,” 11.
Lane quoted, 28, 86, 90, 97, 226, 265, 291, 351, 363, 426.
Learn from thyself what is thy Lord (Sufi language) = in _Gr._ γνῶθι
σεαυτόν and corresponding with our “looking up through nature to
nature’s God,” 276.
Lijám (Al-) w’al-Bílám = the latter being a Tábi’ or dependent word
used only for a jingle, 381.
Litám = the mouth-band for man (_tr._ “Litham”), 139.
“Look-at-me-and-thou-shalt-know-me” (compound name), 276.
Lovers dressing themselves up and playing the game of mutual
admiration, 153.
Lovers of Al-Hayfá and Yúsuf (note concerning), 123.
Lute, beautiful song of the, 152.
Lukmah (_Arab._) = a balled mouthful (_tr._ “morsels”), 264.
“Luss,” is after a fashion λῃστής (the Greek word however includes
piracy while the Arab term is mostly applied to petty larcenists),
337.
Má al-Fasíkh = water of salt-fish (_tr._ “dirty brine”) (ST.), 292.
Madínat al-Andalús = City of Andalús, (usually Seville), 402.
“Madínat al-Nabi,” City of the Prophet, and vulg. Al-Madínah _the_
City, 43.
Mad’úr, here translated (even if thou hadst been) an “invited guest,”
41.
—— it may also be a synonym and be rendered “as though thou wert a boor
or clown” (ST.), 41.
Máfrúkah (an improvement upon the Fatírah), a favourite dish with the
Badawi (ST.), 349.
Maghbún _usually_ = deceived, cajoled, 366.
Maghrib = set of sun, 151.
Maháshim (_acc._ to Bocthor, is a _pl._ without a singular, meaning
“les parties de la génération”) (ST.), 359.
Maháshima-k = good works, merits (in a secondary sense, beard,
mustachios), _tr._ here “yard,” 359.
Mahkamah (Place of Judgment) or Kazi’s Court at Cairo, mostly occupied
with matrimonial disputes, 363.
Mahr = dowry, settled by the husband upon the wife, 28.
Májúr, Al- (_Arab._) for “Maajúr” = a vessel, an utensil, 291.
Mál (in text), _tr._ “coin” (also applied to “hidden treasure” amongst
Badawin), 313.
Mameluke (like unto a), _i.e._, well fed, sturdy, bonny, 472.
Ma ’múrah (_Arab._) = haunted, 118.
Mandíl (kerchief) used by women “on the loose” in default of water to
wipe away results of car. cop., 94.
Man of Al-kays, the (pre-Islamitic poet), 181.
Manná’ = a refuser, a forbidder, 185.
Markab mausúkah (from ✓ “Wask” = conceiving, being pregnant), 474.
—— _tr._ “a vessel in cargo and about to set sail,” 474.
“Marham al-akbar, Al-” (_Arab._) = the greater salve, 51.
Marriage portion, 28.
“Martabah” = a mattress, placed upon “Mastabah” (bench) or upon its
“Sarír” (framework of jaríd or midribs of the palm) becomes the
“Díwan” = Divan, 68.
Martabat Saltanah (for “Sultániyah”) which may mean a royal Divan, 68.
Martha and Mary (Fátimah and Halímah), 318.
Masbúbah, _tr._ “Cakes,” 347.
Mayzah (_Arab._) = the large hall with a central fountain for ablution
attached to every great mosque (_tr._ “lavatory”), 458.
Mazbúh = slaughtered for good, 159.
Medicine-man (Israelite) always a favorite amongst Moslems and
Christians, 160.
Mezzízah = applying styptics to the wound (third operation of
circumcision), 217.
Miftáh (prop. “Miftah”) = key used throughout the Moslem East, 265.
Mihrján, Al- (a P.N. not to be confounded with Maháráj = Great Rajah),
123.
Mihtár, also may mean superintendent, head equerry, chief of military
band (ST.) (_here tr._ “Shaykh of the Pipers”), 298.
Mihtár (in text) = a prince, a sweeper, a scavenger, 298.
Milah = the cut (first operation of circumcision), 217.
“Mí’lakat” (pop. cor. for Mil’akat) al-Hilál “may be the spoon or
hollow part of an ear-picker” (ST.), 108.
Min ba’ada-hu (making Jesus of later date than Imr al-Kays), 199.
Min ghayr Wa’ad = without appointment (_tr._ “casually”), 373.
“Min Hakk la-hu Asl an ’and-ná huná Rájil,” a thoroughly popular phrase
= “Of a truth hath any right or reason to say that here in this
house is a man?” 247.
—— (Dr. Steingass explains and translates), 247.
“Min kuddám-ak” (meaning doubtful), 113.
—— perhaps it means “from before thee,” _i.e._, in thy presence (ST.),
113.
“Misla’l-Kalám” (? a cler. error for “misla’l-Kiláb”) = as the dogs do
(ST.), 282.
Misla ’l-Khárúf (for “Kharúf”) a common phrase for an innocent, a half
idiot, 283.
“Misri” here = local name (in India applied exclusively to sugar
candy), 352.
“Mithkála Zarratin” (translations by Author, Rodwell, Houdas and
Steingass), 48.
Mohsin = _i.e._, one who does good, a benefactor, 321.
Mother of our Harím = my wife, 283.
Mouse, passing over food, makes it impure for a religious Moslem to
eat, 239.
Moyah (in text), or as Fellah of Egypt says “Mayyeh,” or the Cairenne
“Mayya” and other forms, 323.
Mubdi’ = the beginner, the originator, 196.
Mubtalí, Al- = sores (leprous), 301.
Mudáwi, Al- = the man of the people who deals in simples, etc. (as
opposed to scientific practitioner), 326.
Muhibbattu (Al-), _fem_ or “Muhibb” lover (in Tasawwuf particularly =
“lover of God”) (ST.), 393.
Muhjat al-kulúb = “Core” or “Life-blood of hearts,” 201.
“Muhkaman,” a word never found in the Koran, 47.
Mukaddam (_Anglo-Indicè_ “Mucuddum”) = overseer, 310.
“Mukawwamína (Al-) wa Arbábu ’l Aklam,” the latter usually meaning
“scribes skilled in the arts of caligraphy,” 374.
Mukh, _lit._ = brain, marrow (_tr._ “dimple”), 86.
Munawwarah, Al- = the enlightened, 43.
Músà wa Múzí = Músà the Malignant (Múzí = vexatious, troublesome), 321.
—— (Dr. Steingass reads Muusí, the malignant, the malefactor), 321.
Muslimína, here the reg. _pl._ of “Muslim” = a True Believer, 367.
Musulmán (our “Mussalman,” too often made _pl._ by “Mussalmen”) is
corrupted Arab. used in Persia, Turkey, etc., 367.
Mustafà = the Chosen Prophet, Mohammed, 203.
Mustafà bin Ism’aíl (began life as apprentice to a barber and rose to
high dignity), 110.
“Mutalaththimín” = races in North Africa whose males wear the
face-swathe (“Lithám”) of cloth, 139.
Mutátí be zahri-h (_Arab._) = “hanging an arse,” 459.
Mutawassí ... al-Wisáyat al-támmah (Wisáyat is corr. noun) = he charged
himself with her complete charge, _i.e._, maintenance (ST.), 474.
Mu’izz bi Díni’llah, Al- (first Fatimite Caliph raised to throne of
Egypt), tale of, 43.
Mysteries of marriage-night but lightly touched on, because the bride
had lost her virginity, 417.
Naakhaz bi-lissati-him (in text), _tr._ “until I catch them in their
robbery” (see under “Luss”), 337.
—— (Dr. Steingass reads “Balsata-hum” = until I have received their
“ransom”), 337.
Nabbút = a quarter-staff, opp. to the “Dabbús” or club-stick of the
Badawin, etc., 250.
Náfishah = _Pers._ “Náfah” der. from the ✓ “naf” = belly or testicle
(the part in the musk-deer supposed to store the perfume), 207.
Nahawand, “Nahávand” the site in Al-Irak where the Persians sustained
their final defeat at the hands of the Arabs (A. H. 21), 209.
—— also one of many musical measures (like the Ispaháni, the Rásti,
etc.), 209.
Na’ím = “the Delight” (also a P. N. of one of the Heavens), 199.
Na’íman = may it be pleasurable to thee (said by barber after
operation), 106.
Nás malmúmín = assembled men, a crowd of people (ST.), 253.
Nasím = the Zephyr, or the cool north breeze of Upper Arabia, 197.
Nassafa = libavit, delibavit, etc. (ST.), 11.
Natar (watching) for “Nataf” (indigestion, disgust), 63.
Natawású sawíyah = Solace ourselves with converse, 395.
—— (cler. error for “Natawánású Shuwayyah” = “let us divert ourselves a
little”) (ST.), 395.
Naubah, _lit._ = a period, keeping guard (here a band of pipes and
drums playing at certain periods), 299.
Navel-string, treatment of, 411.
Nayízátí (_Arab._ afterwards “Nuwayzátí” and lastly “Rayhání”) = a man
who vends sweet and savoury herbs (_tr._ “Herbalist”), 298.
Nisf ra’as sukkar Misri, _tr._ “half a loaf of Egyptian sugar,” 352.
“Niyat” (or intention) not pure, cause of King’s failure, 111.
“None misses a slice from a cut loaf,” 393.
Nuwájira ’l-wukúfát = Settlement of bequeathal, 467.
—— (Steingass reads “nuwájiru (for “nuájiru”) ’l-wakúfát” and
translates “letting for hire such parts of my property as were
inalienable”), 467.
Nuzhat al-Zaman = “Delight of the age,” 180.
“Of which a description will follow in its place,” a regular formula of
the Ráwí, or professional reciter, 131.
“O man, O miserablest of men, O thou disappointed,” etc.,
characteristic words of abuse, 359.
“Open the spittle” = to break the fast, 51.