181, 184, 186, 192.
Couch of Circumcision, ii. 111.
Couplets rhyming in “—ání” and “—álí” not lawful, v. 128.
Courser, rubbing his cheeks upon his master’s back and shoulders, v.
405.
Court of Baghdad was, like the Urdú (Horde or Court) of “Grand Mogul,”
organised after the ordinance of an army in the field, vi. 81.
“Cousin” more polite than “wife,” vi. 188.
Cramoisy (dressed from head to foot in), a royal sign of wrath denoting
torture or death, iv. 63.
Cranes of Ibycus, ii. 59.
Crepitus ventris, iv. 231.
“Cried out from her head” = Sang in tenor tones which are always in
falsetto, ii. 238.
Crows, audacious, and dangerous to men lying wounded, iii. 344.
Crucifixion, vi. 261.
—— by nailing to an upright board, ii. 49.
Cuckold, origin of, i. 205.
Cuddy, _der. from Pers._ “Kadah” = a room, v. 24.
Cup-companions = the professional Ráwís or tale reciters, ii. 266.
“Cut the way” = became a highwayman, i. 90.
Cutting the way (_i.e._, waylaying travellers) i. 60.
Curiosity (playing upon the bride’s) = a favourite topic in Arab. and
all Eastern folk-lore, v. 443.
Crystalline Isles, vi. 234.
Cynocephalus famed for venery, iv. 333.
Dabbah = wooden bolt, v. 265.
Dabbús = a mace, i. 95.
—— bazdaghání (trans. as if from _Pers._ “Bazdagh” = a file) _tr._ a
“file-wrought mace,” vi. 71.
Dabdihkán, a physician (Cotheal MS.) vi. 174.
Dabshalímat = the Dabshalíms, the dynastic title of the Kings of
Somanáth in Western India, vi. 23.
Dád-bín (Persian) = one who looks to justice, i. 94.
Dahab ramli (_Arab._) = gold-dust washed out of the sand, _placer_-gold
(_tr._ “pure sand-gold”) iii. 126.
Dáhiyat al-Dawáhí = a calamity of the Calamities, ii. 119.
Dahmár (King) called by Scott “Rammaud,” v. 105.
Dahn (_Arab._) = oil, ointment (_tr._ “sweetest unguent”), vi. 10.
Dainty food (Egyptian or Syrian Cook compared with English) iv. 174.
Daïs (place of honour) i. 16.
Dajlah River (Tigris), vi. 122.
Dakhlah Al- (_Arab._) = the night of going in, iv. 42.
Dallál = broker (same as Sáhib = owner), iv. 224.
Damascus City (_der._ from Dimishk) called Shám (Cotheal MS.) vi. 167.
Dán (with dual Dánayn) and “Wudn” (with plural “Audán”) are pop. forms
for literary “Uzn” (ST.) vi. 245.
—— Al- (cler. error for Al-Uzn = ear), vi. 245.
Dáúnk (Pers. “Dáng”) = one-sixth of a dirham, _i.e._, about a penny
halfpenny, i. 245.
Dann = Amphora (_Gr._ ἀμφορεύς short for ἀμφιφορεύς = having two
handles), _tr._ “two-handed jar,” v. 198.
Dara’ or Dira’ = armour (_tr._ “jerkin,”) ii. 209.
Darabukkah-drum (or “tom-tom”) v. 13.
Darajah = an instant; also a degree (of the Zodiac) _tr._ “one watch.”
—— is also used for any short space of time (ST.) v. 90.
Darajatáni (_Arab._), _lit._ = two astronomical degrees (_tr._ “a
couple of hours”) iv. 110.
Dár al-Salám = Abode of Peace, i. 11.
Dár al-Ziyáfah (in Northern Africa) = kind of caravanserai in which
travellers are lodged at Government expense, v. 330.
Darb = _lit._ a road (_tr._ “street”) ii. 8.
Darbálah (_Arab._), corresponding with _Egypt._ “Darábukkah,” a tabor
of wood or earthenware (_tr._ “little drum”) iv. 43. Also part of
the regular Darwaysh’s begging gear, iv. 43.
Darb al-Mandal (_Egypt._) = Striking the magic circle in which
enchanter sits when he conjures up spirits (a form of second sight)
iv. 45.
—— al-Záji = the street of the copperas-maker, vi. 60.
Darbár (_Hind._), term for Royal Levée = Selám (_Pers._) iii. 451.
“Darbisí al-báb” (from the _Pers._ “Darbastan” = to tie up, to shut),
_tr._ “Do thou bar,” vi. 69.
“Darín” for “Zarín” = what is powdered, collyrium, v. 111.
Darwaysh (_Pers._), _pron._ by Egyptians “Darwísh,” iii. 313.
Darwayshah (_Arab._) = a she-Fakir (_tr._ “religious mendicant”) iv.
217.
Darwayshes suspected of kidnapping, iv. 153.
Daryábár, _der._ from “Daryá,” the sea, and “bar” = a region, iii. 281.
—— (_Pers._ = the ocean land), a fancy name for a country, iii. 281.
Dashísh (_Arab._), _tr._ “flour” (_Dicts._ make “wheat broth to be
sipped”) v. 347.
“Dasht-i-lá-siwá-Hú” = a desert wherein is none save He (Allah), a
howling wilderness, iii. 284.
Dastí = thou trampledst, i. 146.
Dastúr! = by your leave (_Pers._), vi. 58.
Dates and cream (“Proud rider on the desired steed”) i. 59.
Dáúd = David, vi. 229.
“Daughter shall be in his name” = betrothed to her, iii. 110.
“Daughters” secondary figures in geomancy, “mothers” being primary,
iii. 156.
Daur al-Ká’ah = the opening made in the ceiling for light (_tr._ “the
opening of the saloon”) ii. 23.
Dawát = ink-case (containing the reed-pens) ii. 211.
Dani = an echo, iv. 273.
Dawn-prayer, i. 13.
“Day in the Country,” an old Eastern custom, iv. 96
Daylakí = Daylakian (garments), v. 143.
Daylam (Al-) prison, ii. 142.
Dayr al-Tin = “The Convent of Clay,” a Coptic Monastery near Cairo, ii.
284.
—— Nashshábah = the Monastery of the Archers (a fancy name) v. 129.
Days in Moslem year 354 (=6 months of 29 days and the rest of 30) i.
245.
Death and Life are states, not things, vi. 103.
_Decies repetitæ_, forms which go down with an Eastern audience, but
intolerable to a Western reader, v. 170.
Defloration, regarded by many ancient peoples as if it were porters’
work, iv. 57.
Delights of Paradise promised by the Prophet, ii. 244.
De Sacy quoted, vi. 65, 160.
Descended = Come down from Heaven, i. 333.
Destiny, ii. 61.
Devil may not open a door shut in Allah’s name, i. 21.
“Dhobí-ká kuttá, na Ghar-ká na Ghátká” (Hindí saying) = a washerman’s
tyke, nor of the house nor of the Ghátdyke, iii. 491.
Dhol = drums, iii. 137.
Diamond does not grow warm whilst held in the hand, i. 215.
Diamonds, iii. 354.
“Diapedesis” of blood-stained tears frequently mentioned in the
“Nights,” v. 149.
Died of laughter (now become familiar to English speech), i. 13.
Die thou and be thou an expiation for the shoe-latchet of Kilayb, ii.
263.
Dignity, permissible in royalty, affected by dames in Anglo-Egypt, ii.
110.
Dihkán, in Persian = a villager (_tr._ “village-headman”) i. 81.
Dijlah Al- = The Tigris (Hid-dekel) iv. 151.
Dilk (_Arab._) more commonly “Khirkah” = tattered robe of religious
mendicant (_tr._ “gaberdine”) iv. 43.
Dimity (_der._ from “Damietta”) ii. 210.
Din (Al-); omission of, in proper names very common, iii. 3.
Dínárzád and Shahrázád (for Dunyázád and Shahrázád), iii. 3.
Dínárzádah (W.M. MS.) = “Ducat-born” (for Dínárzád) iv. 6.
“Díním” (religious considerations) of the famous Andalusian Yúsuf Caro
(a most fanatical work) v. 160.
Dirhams—
50 = about 40 shillings 300
5,050 = about £220 300
1,000,000 = about £25,000 161
Dish-cover used for cleanliness, and to prevent Evil-Eye falling upon
food, iv. 243.
Dismantled his shop (removing goods from the “but” to the “ben”), i.
207.
Divan-door, dismounting at, the highest of honours, iii. 136.
Divan or Darbár (levée), being also a _lit de justice_ and a Court of
Cassation, iii. 107.
“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,” v. 422.
Divorce and marriage to Mahommed of the wife of Zayd (his adopted son),
ii. 197.
Díwán (_Arab._) = Council-chamber, v. 227.
Díwan = Divan (the “Martabah” when placed on “Mastabah,” etc.) v. 68.
—— —origin of _Fr._ “Douane” and _Ital._ “Dogana,” etc., iii. 7.
Diyár Bakr, _lit._ Homes (or habitations) of Bakr (_pron._
“Diyár-i-Bekír”) iii. 269.
Dodges, Eastern, to detect physiological differences between man and
maid, etc., iv. 121.
Doggerel, fit only for coffee-house, v. 164.
Doghrí = assuredly, i. 18.
“Dog or a hog” = a Jew or a Christian, ii. 147.
Dogs, hatred of, inherited from Jewish ancestors, iii. 330.
Drachms, Ten = 475 to 478 Eng. grains avoir., vi. 163.
“Draw me aside its tail, so that I may inform thee thereanent” (also
similar facetia in Mullah Jámí), v. 46.
Draw thee near to them (They) = they make much of thee, i. 2.
“Dream is the inspiration of the True Believer, The,” iii. 8.
Dress (a Moslem should dress for public occasions), i. 159.
—— exchange of, iii. 171.
Dried fruits, to form the favourite “filling” for lamb and other meats
prepared in “Puláo” (Pilaff) v. 358.
Drinking customs, vi. 47.
—— in a bright light, loved by Easterns, iv. 193.
—— wine before the meal, still a custom in Syria and Egypt, vi. 192.
Dromedaries the only animals used for sending messages over long
distances, ii. 249.
“Drowned in her blood” in the text, for “all bleeding” (hyperbole run
mad), v. 139.
Drunkenness (instead of “intoxication”) v. 315.
Drying towels of palm fibre, iv. 55.
Du’á = supplication, prayer as opposed to “Salát” = divine worship, ii.
94.
Dukhán = _lit._ smoke, ii. 126.
Dukhn (_Arab._) = _Holcus dochna_, a well-known grain (_tr._ “millet”),
vi. 130.
Dukhúla-k = _lit._ thy entering (_tr._ “thy courtesy”) ii. 109.
Dúna-k (_Arab._) = “Well done,” iv. 239.
Durà for “Zurà” or for “Zurrah,” pop. pron. “Durrah” = the _Holcus
sativus_, vi. 146.
Durráj (_tr._ Francolin) ii. 60.
Durrat al-Ghawwás = Pearl of the diver, vi. 225.
Duty of good neighbour, to keep watch and guard from evil, v. 285.
Dyed robe (Abbasides, _black_; Ommiades, _white_; Fatimites, _green_)
i. 160.
Ear conceiving love before the eye, iv. 139.
Earthquakes (curious coincidence), iii. 21.
Easterns startled by sudden summons to the presence of a king, ii. 210.
Eastern despots never blame their own culpable folly in misfortune, vi.
22.
“Eat thy pottage,” a formula like our “Cut your mutton,” iv. 84.
Eateth on the spittle, _i.e._, on an empty stomach, v. 51.
Eating and drinking, iv. 160.
Eaves-dropping (favourite incident of Eastern Storiology) iii. 492.
Efendi (here meaning the under-governor or head clerk) iv. 214.
Eglantine (or Narcissus), The lowland of, vi. 12.
Egypt (magnificent city of) = Cairo, iii. 58.
Elephants usually are vegetarians, iv. 265.
Elias, Elijah, or Khizr, a marvellous legendary figure, vi. 100.
Elopements of frequent occurrence, i. 317.
Emir-Ben-Hilac-Salamis (Heron), vi. 225.
Emir Yúnas (old trans. = Hamir Youmis), vi. 70.
Embárah (_pron._ ’Mbárah), _pop. for_ Albárihah = the last part of the
preceding day or night, yesterday, v. 256.
“Empty gourds” Eastern succedaneum for swimming corks, ii. 286.
Enallage of persons (“third” for “first”—“youth” for “I”) v. 468.
—— of persons is Koranic and therefore classical, iv. 39.
“Enlarge the Turband” = to assume rank of an ’Álim or learned man, vi.
42.
Entertainment of Guest, three days, vi. 26.
Envious Sisters, The (various versions) iii. 491.
Escarlate, a woollen cloth dyed red (probably French of the xii.
century), vi. 5.
Eunuchs, i. 70.
“Every one cannot go to Corinth,” ii. 74.
Everything returns to or resembles its origin, iv. 13.
Evil Eye, iv. 60, 257.
—— to keep off the = one of the functions of iron and steel, iii. 146.
Exaggeration necessary to impress an Oriental audience, v. 139.
Exchange of salams, a sign of safety, ii. 86.
Executioner, difficulty in Marocco about finding one who becomes
obnoxious to the Thár, ii. 54.
Exodus of the Hebrews, Census of the (Exposition by Mr. Thayer) vi.
113.
Exodus, Story of the, vi. 98.
Eyes swollen by swathes, i. 30.
Fa’álah (_Arab._) = the building craft (_tr._ “industry”) iv. 179.
Fadáwí (_Arab._) = a blackguard (_tr._ “ne’er-do-well”) v. 441.
Faddah (_Arab._), _lit._ = silver; the smallest Egyptian coin, iv. 37;
Faddahs, 2,000 = about 1s. 2d., iv. 295.
—— _tr._ “groats,” v. 226.
Faddán (here miswritten “Faddád”) a plough, a yoke of oxen, v. 347.
—— also the common land measure of Egypt and Syria, v. 347.
“Fa-ghábá thaláthat ayyamin” = and he (or it, the mountain?)
disappeared for three days, v. 390.
—— (Dr. Steingass translates), v. 390.
Fahata (for “Fahasa?” or, perhaps, _cl. error for_ “Fataha”) = he
opened (the ground), _tr._ “choosing a place,” v. 353.
—— (prob. vulgarism for “Fahathá”) (fahasa) = to investigate (ST.) v.
353.
—— or may be read “Fataha” and _tr._ “he recited a ’Fátihah’ for them,”
(ST.), v. 353.
“Fair fate befal thee, etc.,” an address only suited to a king or
ruler, iv. 109.
Fair play not a jewel to the Eastern mind, iii. 180.
Fajj = mountain pass (Spanish, Vega = also a mountain plain) ii. 117.
Fákhir (Al-) = the potter, i, 360.
Fakakat = _lit._ “she flowed over like a brimful vessel.” (ST.) _tr._
here “she expired,” iv. 333.
Fakír, a title now debased in Nile Valley to an insult = “poor devil,”
iii. 313.
—— here the _Arab. syn._ of the _Pers._ “Darwaysh,” iii. 313.
—— also come to signify a Koran chaunter, iii. 314.
Falling backwards in laughter rare amongst the Badawin, ii. 202.
“Falling-place of my head” = picturesque term for “birth-place,” iii.
58.
Fál or omen (taking a) v. 424.
Falsafah (_Arab._) = philosophy, vi. 29.
Fals (or Fils) = a fish scale, a spangle of metal, iii. 294.
“Fa-min tumma,” for “thumma” (“Anon.”) vi. 91.
Fanárát (_Arab. pl. of the Pers._ Fanár = a light house) here equiv. to
mod. _Gr._ φαυάρ a lantern (_Egypt._ Fánús) _tr._ “flambeaux,” iv.
44.
Fár (_Arab._) _pl._ “Fírán” = mouse rather than rat, iv. 324.
Faráfísh (_Arab._) a word not found in dictionary—_tr._ “lumps,” iv.
12;
nearest approach to would be Faráfík (_pl. of_ Furfák) = fine, thin
or soft bread, iv. 12.
Faraj (Al-) ba’d al-Shiddah = (Joy after Annoy), compared to Khudadad
and his brothers, iii. 269.
Farajiyah = gaberdine, iii. 30.
Farárijí, _tr._ “Poulterer” (in text, as if the _pl._ of “Farrúy” =
chicken were “Farárij” instead of Faráríj) (ST.) v. 291.
Faras = a mare (_tr._ “horses”) i. 216.
Farásah = _lit._ Knowing a horse (_tr._ “Visnomy”) ii. 96.
Fáris = a rider (_tr._ “horseman”) i. 103.
Farkalah (φραγέλλιο) = cattle whip, ii. 47.
Farkh Warak = a slip of paper, ii. 114.
Farrásh = tent pitcher, body servant, iv. 157.
Fárs = Persia, i. 282.
Fárs (Al-) = Persians (a people famed for cleverness and debauchery) i.
2.
Farsh = bed or straw-spread store-room where apples are preserved, ii.
113.
Farts, savour his own (curious phenomenon) iv. 231.
“Farz,” devotions, iii. 328.
Fa-sáha (for “Maksah”) = and cried out, vi. 158.
Faswah (_Arab._) = “a silent break wind,” as opposed to “Zirt,” a loud
fart, iv. 231.
Fatáirí = a maker of “Fatírah” pancake (_tr._ “Pieman”) v. 298.
“Fa-tarak-hu Muu’sí am’à dáir yaltash fí ’l-Tarík” = “hereupon Musa
left his companion darkly tramping about,” v. 323.
—— (Dr. Steingass explains and translates) v. 323.
Fátihah (_fem._ of “fátih” = an opener, a conqueror), v. 460.
Fátimah = a weaner, iii. 181.
—— and Halímah = Martha and Mary, v. 318.
Fatimé (Ja’afar’s wife, according to Heron) vi. 169.
Fatír (_for_ “Fatírah”) = pancake (_tr._ “scone”), v. 321.
“Fa-yatrahúna,” masc. for fem. (_tr._ “miscarry”) vi. 31.
Fawwák (chair of) ii. 72.
Faysár, a dish peculiar to Egypt (see Baysár) iv. 176.
Fazl (Al-) the elder brother of Ja’afar, ii. 71.
—— (Caliph’s foster-brother) i. 166.
Feeding captives and prisoners (exception being usually made in cases
of brigands, assassins and criminals condemned for felony) v. 430.
“Feeling conception” unknown except in tales, v. 124.
“Feet towards Mecca,” i. 34.
Fellah, natural fear of—being seen in fine gear, which would have been
supposed to be stolen, iii. 171.
—— women stain their veils, etc., with indigo (for sorrow) iv. 248.
Feminine venereal paroxysm, iv. 144.
Fidá’i (_Pers._) = a robber, a murderer, iv. 281.
Fidáwi (also “Fidá’i” and “Fidawíyah”) = pirate-men, v. 25.
Fidawiyah (_Arab._) sing. “Fidáwi” = _lit._ one who gives his life to a
noble cause, iv. 281.
Fighting rams, i. 210.
—— (the Fellah will use anything in preference to his fists in) v. 350.
Fí ghuzúni zálika (_Arab._), a peculiar phrase (_tr._ “meanwhile”) iii.
142.
Fí Hayyi-kum Taflatun háma, etc. (“A maiden in your tribe avails my
heart with love to fire,” etc.) (Steingass also translates) v. 149.
Fí-hi = “In him” (_i.e._, either Mohammed) or “in it” (his action) i.
40.
“Fí ’irzak” (_vulg._ “’arzak”), formula for “I place myself under thy
protection” (ST.) v. 220.
Fí Jífán ka’l-Jawábí (_Arab._) meaning small things (or men) and great
(_tr._ “In the wells like the tanks”) iv. 106.
Fí Kíb = “in a mat” (Scott) v. 214.
Fikî (the pop. form of present day for “Fakíh,” _prop._ “learned in the
law”), _tr._ “tutor” (ST.) v. 420.
Fils (or Fals) = a fish scale, a spangle of metal, iii. 294.
Finján (_pl._ “Fanájíl,” _pron._ “Fanágil”), and “Filgál” used
promiscuously (ST.) v. 236.
Finjál (_Arab._), systematically repeated for “Finján” (_pron._ in
Egypt “Fingán”) v. 236.
—— (_vulg._ for “Finján”) = coffee cup, iv. 198.
Firásah (_Arab._) = penetration, iv. 10.
—— _lit._ = judging the points of a mare (_tr._ “physiognomy”) i. 286.
Fir’aun (_Arab._), the dynastic name of Egyptian Kings = Pharaoh (Holy
Writ) vi. 12.
Fire lighted to defend mother and babe from bad spirits, i. 279.
Firozábádí (author of “Kámús”), Tale of, iii. 84.
First day = our Sunday, i. 286.
“First Footsteps” quoted, vi. 65.
First night (wedding night) v. 223.
Fírúz (_Pers._ “Píroz”) = Victorious, triumphant, i. 185.
Firúzah (_Arab._) = turquoise, (_Pers. form_) Pírozah, iii. 270.
Fityán (_pl._ of Fatà) = my fine fellows, ii. 42.
Flfl’a (a scribal error?), may be Filfil = pepper or palm fibre, v.
351.
Flogging as punishment, vi. 9.
Flower = the breast, ii. 252.
Flying Carpet (prototype of) iii. 42.
Food, calls for, at critical times not yet wholly obsolete amongst the
civilised of the nineteenth century, iii. 113.
—— respect due to (Tale of “Daftardar”) v. 86.
“Folk are equal, but in different degrees” (compared with “All men are
created equal”) v. 425.
Force of fancy, iii. 182.
Forehead (compared with a page of paper upon which Destiny writes her
decrees) i. 100.
Formula of the cup and lute, v. 196.
Forwardness on the part of women held to be insulting by modest Moslem,
iv. 68.
Fowl (domestic) unknown to Europe till about the time of Pericles
(_ob._ B.C. 429) iv. 32.
Freemasonry, iv. 288.
“Full dressed and ornamented” (a girl lying beneath a slab), a sign of
foul play, v. 317.
Fumigating gugglets (with musk) ii. 275.
Funeral, Customs at, iii. 380.
Furát River (Euphrates) vi. 122.
Futúh (Al-) _lit._ = the victories (_tr._ “the honorarium”) i. 285.
Gáikwár, iii. 134.
Galland quoted, iii. 3, 12, 18, 19, 20, 22, 51, 58, 71, 77, 82, 87, 91,
108, 110, 116, 140, 158, 160, 167, 171, 297, 303, 321, 327, 331,
334, 335, 341, 348, 351, 353, 355, 363, 369, 377, 380, 385, 416,
422, 429, 446, 472, 500, 506;
iv. 41, 244, 348.
Gandharba-lagana (fairy wedding) of the Hindus, iii. 448.
Gandharbas = heavenly choristers, iii. 448.
Gardener, Egyptian names for (ST.) v. 293.
Gardens of the Hesperides and of King Isope, (Chaucer) iii. 74.
“Gásha” = he produced a sound, iv. 20.
Gauttier quoted, iv. 3, 19, 49, 74, 90, 95, 97, 176, 189, 228, 244,
254, 334.
—— quoted, v. 3, 17, 21, 63, 123, 125, 231, 263.
—— quoted, vi. 3, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, _ib._, 15, _ib._, 33, 34, 41, 59,
68, 89, 167, 225, _ib._, 226, 234.
Gave her the hire of her going forth (_i.e._ Engaged her for a revel
and paid her in advance) 44.
Ghába = departed (may here mean “passed away”) v. 390.
“Ghabasah” (_Arab._) from Ghabas = obscure, dust-colored (_tr._
“clouded of color”) iv. 22.
Ghalílí = my yearning (_tr._ “my thirst”) ii. 102.
“Ghánim bin Ayyúb = The Thrall o’ Love”—position of in Arab. texts
compared with Galland, iii. 303.
Gharbíyah (province in Egypt) ii. 16.
Gharím = debtor or creditor, vi. 77.
Ghashamsham Al- = the Stubborn, the Obstinate, vi. 256.
Ghashím (_Arab._), from the root “Ghashm” (iniquity) = a “Johnny Raw”—a
“raw laddie,” iii. 91.
—— (_Arab._) = a favourite word of insult in Egypt, v. 29.
Ghát (_pop._ “Ghaut”) = the steps (or path) which lead to a watering
place, iii. 491.
Ghattí = “Cover it up,” ii. 158.
Ghaur (or lowland) = the fall of the waist, ii. 252.
Ghuráb al-bayn = Raven of the wold or of parting, ii. 126.
Ghaush = a tree of hard wood whereof musical instruments are made, iv.
20.
“——” for “Ghaushah” = noise, row, vi. 69.
Ghaushah = tumult, quarrel, iv. 20;
(_tr._ “clamour”) a Persianism for which “Ghaughá” is a more common
form, iv. 20.
Ghawwasha = he produced a sound, iv. 20.
Ghawwásún = divers (_tr._ “duckers”) i. 68.
Ghaylah Al- = Siesta-time (Badawi speech), v. 151.
Ghayr an (_Arab._) = otherwise that, except that (_tr._ “Still”) iii.
82.
Ghayr Wá’d or “Min ghayr Wa’d” = _lit._ without previous agreement
(_tr._ “undesignedly”) iv. 149.
Ghayth al-hátil = incessant rain of small drops, vi. 241.
Ghazbán = an angry man, i. 265.
Gháziyah (_Arab._) = a gypsy (_pl._ Ghawázi) iv. 29.
Ghazn = a crease—a wrinkle, iii. 142.
Gheir (_Syriac_) = for (_der._ from Greek γὰρ) iii. 82.
Ghetto, the Jewish quarter (Hárah) which Israelites call “Hazer” = a
court yard, an inclosure, v. 217.
“Ghibtu ’an al-Dunyá” a pop. phrase, _tr._ “I was estranged from the
world,” meaning simply “I fainted,” v. 97.
Ghilmán (in text “Wuldán”), the boys of Paradise, vi. 128.
Ghiovendé (_Turk._), a race of singers and dancers, professional
Nautch-girls, iv. 72.
Ghirárah (_Arab._) (_pl._ “Gharáír”) = a sack, v. 228.
Ghiyár (_Arab._) = any piece of dress or uniform which distinguishes a
class, vi. 52.
—— in Pers. = a strip of yellow cloth worn by Jews subject to the Shah,
vi. 52.
“Ghul-who-eateth-man-we-pray-Allah-for safety” (compound name), v. 161.
Ghubár = dust (joined to ’Afár = “sanddevils”) iv. 262.
Ghúlah = an ogress (_fem._ of Ghúl), iii. 327.
“Ghurrát” (_Arab._) may be bright looks, charms in general, or
“fore-locks” (ST.) v. 88.
Ghusl, or complete ablution, v. 93.
—— ablution, i. 20.
—— or complete ablution after car. cop., i. 220.
Giallo antico, verd’ antico = serpentine limestone, iii. 139.
Giant Face (a parallel to the “Bodiless Head”) ii. 102.
Gil-i-sar-shúí (_Pers._) = head washing clay (_tr._ “fuller’s earth”)
iii. 348.
Girbahs = water-skins, v. 28.
Glass tokens (for coins) iii. 351.
Goat’s droppings (used as fuel, also for practical jokes) i. 288.
Golden Calf of Al-Sámiri, vi. 160.
Goodwife of Cairo and her four gallants (analogous) v. 253.
Gouged out the right eye, v. 322.
Guernsey and Sark folk-lore, v. 328.
Guest-fires, ii. 249.
Guest rite = three days, vi. 26.
Guide going in front, i. 201.
—— (in Africa), following, instead of leading the party, v. 388.
“H” (the final aspirate), use of, v. 419.
Há! Há! so Háka (_fem._ Háki), _Arab._ = Here for thee (_tr._ “There!
there!”) iii. 89.
Habashí = an Abyssinian, iii. 276.
Habbah (_Arab._) = a grain (of barley), an obolus, a mite, vi. 53.
—— Al- = grain (for al-Jinnah) (ST.) v. 108.
Habib, Note on History of, vi. 262.
“——, Prince, and Dorathil-goase” (_Eng. trans._) vi. 225.
Habíb = the Beloved, vi. 226.
“Hábíl” and “Kábíl” (_Arab._) equiv. of Abel and Cain, v. 56.
Habshí (chief) of Jinjírah (=Al-Jazirah, the Island), admiral of the
Grand Moghul’s fleets, iii. 276.
Hadas = moved (“event,” a word not easy to translate) i. 321.
“Hadda ’lláho bayní wa baynakum,” _tr._ “Allah draw the line between me
and you,” v. 406.
Hádi (Al-) Fourth Abbaside (A.D. 785–786) i. 165.
Hæmorrhage stopped by plunging the stump into burning oil, ii. 168.
Háfiz = traditionist and Koran reader, iii. 341.
Hajárata ’l-Bahramán (_Arab._) carbuncles, v. 133.
Hájib = Chamberlain, i. 324.
—— = eyebrow or chamberlain, ii. 252.
Hajj (Al-) = the company of pilgrims (_tr._ “pilgrimage caravan”) i.
196.
“——” never applied to the Visitation (Ziyárah) at Al-Medinah, i. 196.
Hajj al-Shárif = Holy pilgrimage, i. 194.
Hajjáj (Al-), i. 47.
—— son of Yúsuf the Thakafí, v.
Hajjat al-Islam, the Pilgrimage commanded to all Moslems, i. 194.
“Há Káhi Ptáh” (_O. Egypt._) = “the Land of the great God, Ptah,” vi.
12.
Hálah mutawassitah (_Arab._) = middle-class folk, iii. 94.
Haláwat = _lit._ a sweetmeat (ii. 127), a gratuity, a thank-offering
(_tr._ “a douceur”) i. 35.
—— al-Miftáh = Sweetmeat of the Key-money (_tr._ “_douceur_ of the
Key”) ii. 20.
Halbún, The Boobies of (tale concerning them), v. 273.
Halfah grass, ii. 46.
Half-man, an old Plinian fable (_Pers._ Ním-Chihreh, and _Arab._ Shikk)
iv. 76.
Half of marriage-settlement due to wife on divorcement, i. 311.
Hálik (_Arab._) = intensely black, iv. 24.
Halkah = throat, throttle, iv. 190.
“Halwá” = sweetmeat, iv. 7.
Hamadán, a well-known city of Irák ’Ajamí, i. 203.
Hamákah = fury, v. 446.
Hamám = ruffed pigeon, culver, v. 151.
Hamd (Al-) = Allah-lauds, ii. 221.
Hamhama = muttered, i. 265.