Fátimah = a weaner) iii. 181.
Hammám, _i.e._, the private bagnio, i. 262.
——, necessary to enter after car. cop., vi. 171.
—— bin Ghálib al-Farazdak, a famous Christian Poet, i. 42.
Hammama-hu (_Arab._) = bathed, _i.e._, scraping, kneading, soaping,
etc., iii. 133.
Hámiz = pop. term for pickles (_i.e._, “Sour meat” as opposed to
“sweetmeats”) iv. 7.
Hamlat al-jamal = according to Scott, a “Camel’s load of Treasure,” iv.
59.
Hamzah, uncle of Mahommed, ii. 164.
Hand (She raised her) heavenwards (not “her hands” after Christian
fashion), v. 174.
“Handicraft an it enrich not, still it veileth,” _i.e._, enables a man
to conceal the pressure of impecuniosity, v. 223.
“Hanná-kumú’llah” = Almighty Allah make it pleasant to you, v. 69.
Hanút (_Arab._) = aromatic herbs, iv. 257.
—— = perfumes (leaves of the lotus tree) i. 290.
—— means either “Vintner” or “Vintner’s shop,” vi. 124.
“Haply there will befal thee somewhat contrary to this”—a euphuism
meaning some disaster, v. 237.
Haráis (pl. of Harísah) = meat puddings, i. 287.
Haráj (in _Egypt._ “Harág”) = the cry with which the Dallál (broker)
announces each sum bidden at an auction, iv. 37.
Harám = “forbidden,” sinful (_tr._ “useless”) i. 72.
Harárah = heat (_here der._ from “Hurr,” freeborn) noble, and _tr._
“nobility,” v. 289.
Hárát (or quarters) closed at night with strong wooden doors, ii. 9.
Harem, v. 283.
—— supposed to be in Eastern Wing of Palace, i. 199.
Harfúsh = Larrikin, popularly a “blackguard,” i. 4.
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) v. 283.
Harísah = meat puddings, ii. 277.
—— = meat pudding, vi. 159.
Harj, gen. joined with Marj (Harj wa Marj) = utter confusion, chaos
(ST.) iv. 342.
Harj wa Laght (_Arab._) = turmoil and trouble (ST.) iv. 342.
Harrán, King of, iii. 269.
—— (the Hebrew Charran) iii. 269.
Harun al-Rashid (house still standing) i. 15.
—— and his famous pilgrimage from Baghdad to Mecca, iii. 177.
Hasá Al = the Plain of Pebbles, vi. 169.
Hasab wa nasab = degree and descent, v. 43.
Hasal (for which read Khasal) _tr._ “gain,” v. 425.
Hasan, the Handsome (in the old trans. “The Hazen”) (Kházin =
treasurer?) vi. 68.
Háshim = breaker, i. 47.
“Háshimí,” _i.e._, a descendant of Al-Háshim, great grandfather of the
Prophet, vi. 191.
Hashimites (and Abbasides) fine specimens of the Moslem Pharisee, i.
159.
Hashísh = Bhang in general, iv. 19; confection of, iv. 195.
Hasír = mat (used for sleeping on during the hot season), i. 204.
Hásil (Al-) (_Arab._) = government stores, also the taxes, the revenue,
vi. 60.
Hátíf = an ally, ii. 234.
Hátif, or invisible speaker, iii. 519.
Hatím (wall) = The “broken” (wall) to the north of Ka’abah, v. 180.
Hátim of the Tayy-tribe, proverbial for liberality, vi. 167.
Haudaj (_Arab._) = a camel-litter, _tr._ “Howdah,” v. 193.
—— = camel-litter, vi. 181.
“Haukalah” and “Haulakah,” i. 265.
Hauráni = (native of Hauran), Job’s country, ii. 50.
Hawálín, cler. error for either “hawálà” = all around, or “Hawálí” =
surroundings (ST.), v. 301.
“Hawánít” _pl._ of “Hanút” = the shop or vault of a Vintner (_tr._
“taverns”) vi. 124.
Hawar, many meanings of, vi. 73.
Hawwúlín (_Arab._), _tr._ “over his ears,” (a corrupt passage in text)
v. 301.
Hayfá Al-, _i.e._, “The Slim-waisted,” v. 125.
Háyishah from ✓ “Haysh” = spoiling, iv. 190.
Haykal (_Ar._ and _Heb._) = a large space, a temple (_tr._ “hallowed
fane”) ii. 175.
Haysumah (_Arab._) = smooth stones (_tr._ “pebbles”) iv. 347.
Hayy = either serpent, or living, alive (_tr._ “living branch”) vi. 99.
Hazár = the nightingale, or bird of a thousand songs, v. 151.
Hazer = a courtyard, an inclosure, v. 217.
Házir (_Arab._) corresponds with English “Yes, sir!” (_tr._ “Present”),
iv. 254.
Házúr (Al-) = loquacity, frivolous garrulity (_tr._ “jargon”) i. 283.
“He who keeps his hands crossed upon his breast, shall not see them cut
off,” i. 114.
He is of the lords of houses = folk of good family, ii. 169.
“He Pilgrimaged: quoth one, Yes, and for his villainy lives (yujáwir)
at Meccah.”—_Egyptian Proverb_, i. 196.
He for she, iv. 29.
“He found the beasts and their loads and the learned men,” etc., a new
form of “bos atque sacerdos,” iv. 311.
“He found her a treasure wherefrom the talisman had been loosed,” v.
14.
“He ... who administereth between a man and his heart,” a Koranic
phrase (ST.) v. 42.
“He readeth it off (readily) as one drinketh water,” vi. 5.
He sat upon ashes (may be figurative or literal) vi. 19.
“He mounted his father and clothed himself with his mother” = he sold
his father for a horse and his mother for a fine dress, vi. 105.
Head cut off and set upon the middle of the corpse (in case of a Jew),
or under the armpit (in case of a Moslem), iv. 64.
Head placed at a distance from the body (by way of insult) vi. 15.
Headsman paces round convict three times preparatory to execution; a
custom at the Courts of Caliphs generally, vi. 52.
“Health to you and healing,” usual formulæ when a respectable person is
seen drinking, vi. 47.
Heaven, the fifth = the planet Mars, v. 119.
Hebrews and their Exodus (Exposition by Mr. Thayer) vi. 113.
Helios (Apollo), Worship of, not extinct in mod. Greece, vi. 100.
“Hell-flame but not shame,” _proverb_, ii. 148.
“Help ye a Moslemah” (in text “Help ye the Moslems”) v. 368.
Hemp, Indian, iv. 195.
Her desire was quenched, iv. 144.
Herklots quoted, v. 28.
Heron quoted, v. 27;
vi. 41, 50, 52, 68, 72, 167, 168, 169, 170, 173, 178, 225, 234, 242,
245, 247.
Hibá = dust, ii. 244.
Hibernicè, “kilt” for beaten, i. 247.
“Hicar was a native of the country of Haram (Harrán), and had brought
from thence the knowledge of the true God,” vi. 4.
Hidden (for fear of the “Eye”) i. 75.
Hidyah (_Arab._) in Egypt = a falcon (_tr._ “a Kite”) iv. 101.
“Hie Salvationwards” (the Words of Azán) i. 42.
Hifán (_pl._ of “Hafnah”) = handful, mouthful (ST.) v. 11.
Hijáz (Al-) = The Moslem’s Holy Land, (Cap. Meccah) ii. 193.
Hikáyah (=literal production of a discourse, etc.) iv. 39.
Hilál = the crescent (waxing or waning) for the first and last two or
three nights, v. 72.
Hilm (vision), “au ’Ilm” (knowledge) _Arab._ (_tr._ dreaming or awake)
a phrase peculiar to this MSS., iv. 39.
Himà = the tribal domain (_tr._ “tribe-land”) ii. 215.
—— = the private and guarded lands of a Badawi tribe (_tr._ “demesne”)
v. 142.
Himyán (or Hamyán) = a girdle (_tr._ “purse belt”) i. 152.
Himyarite (in text “Akyál,” _pl._ of “Kayl” = “Kings of the Himyarite
peoples”) here = the heroes, vi. 232.
Hindostani Version quoted, iii. 3, 4, 6, 8, 11, 12, 19, 26, 27, 33, 51,
57, 61, 75, 79, 82, 85, 87, 95, 96, 97, 105, 113, 114, 116, 125,
129, 133, 137, 140, 144, 147, 148, 150, 158, 159, 160, 161, 166,
167, 170, 171, 174, 175, 180, 185, 188, 189, 294, 297, 355, 377,
380, 422, 446.
Hirfah = a trade, a guild, a corporation (_here_ the officers of
police) ii. 54.
His head forewent his feet = He fell down senseless, i. 17.
“His eyes turned in his head” (to show the whites, as happens to the
mesmerised) ii. 242.
“His bones were crushed upon his flesh” for “His flesh ... bones,” iv.
347.
Hisában tawíl = a long punishment, vi. 157.
“History of Chec Chahabeddin” (Shaykh Shiháb al-Dín) in “Turkish Tales”
of Petis de la Croix = here, “The Tale of the Warlock and the Young
Cook of Baghdad,” vi. 121.
“Hizà (حظى, in MS. حفى) bi-Zaijati-há” = _le bonheur de ses
aventures_, vi. 260.
Hizám = girdle, sash, waist-belt, _tr._ “waist-shawl,” iii. 20.
Hms = Vetchling, vi. 74.
“Ho! Aloes good for use. Ho! Pepper,” etc., cries of an itinerant
pedlar hawking about women’s wares, v. 351.
Ho, Tuffáhah! Ho, Ráhat al-Kulúb = O Apple, O Repose o’ Hearts, &c., i.
17.
Holy House (youth being of, can deny that he belongs to any place or
race), v. 39.
Hobal, the biggest idol in the Meccan Pantheon, vi. 26.
Horseman of the horsemen, _i.e._, not a well-known or distinguished
horseman, but a chance rider, vi. 92.
Horse-thief chained to four pickets of iron, ii. 224.
Horses used in India, iii. 297.
Hospitality (House of) v. 330.
Houdas (Professor) quoted, v. 47, 48; vi. 7, 36, 48, 57, 62, 66, 67,
72, 84, 104, 125, 126, 147, 178, 187, 188, 189, 191, 243, 247, 251,
257.
Hour (would his hour had never come) i. 27.
Houri, vi. 73.
House of the Elephant = the Castle’s squares at chess, ii. 205.
—— of Háshim, great grandfather to the prophet, v. 46.
—— masters (also Kings) in the East are the last to be told a truth
familiar to all but themselves and their wives, iv. 351.
—— made of cob or unbaked brick, which readily melts in rain, iv. 214.
Housewife, Egyptian or Syrian, will make twenty dishes out of roast
lamb, iv. 174.
“How very good he was to me,” i. 32.
“How was it thou honouredst us, and what was the cause of thy coming,
etc.” the address of well-bred man to a stranger, vi. 170.
Hubban li-raasi-k (_Arab._) _lit._ = out of love for thy head, _i.e._,
from affection for thee, iv. 50.
Hudá Sirru-hu, _i.e._, his secret sin was guided (by Allah) to the
safety of concealment, _tr._ “his secret was safe directed,” v. 339.
—— (Dr. Steingass reads “Wahadá Sirru-hu” = “and his mind was at
rest”), v. 339.
Hudhud (_tr._ “hoopoe”) called from its cry (“Hood! Hood!”) i. 148.
Hujjat = a legal deed (may also mean “an excuse”) ii. 27.
Hummus (or Himmis) = vetches, iv. 7.
Hundred dirhams = £4 (about), i. 43.
Húr (Al-Ayn) feminine counterparts of the “Boys of Paradise” (Ghilmán)
vi. 128.
—— al-Ayn = our vulgar “Houri,” vi. 73.
Húrí (_Arab._) for Húr = pool, marsh or quagmire (vulg. “bogshop”) iv.
206.
Husn tadbir = _lit._ “beauty of his contrivance” (_tr._ “Seemliness of
his stratagem”) ii. 29.
“Huwa inná lam na’rifu-h” (_Arab._) _lit._ = He, verily we wot him not
(suggesting “I am he”) iv. 133.
Hysterics, common amongst the races of the East, i. 198.
Hydrophobia in Egypt, iii. 330.
Hypocrites = those who feign to be Moslems when they are miscreants,
iii. 83.
“I am an Irání but Walláhi indeed I am not lying” (Persian saying for
“I will shun leasing”), v. 303.
“—— as one who hath fallen from the heavens to the earth,” _i.e._, an
orphan and had seen better days, iv. 75.
—— between his hands = at his service, i. 280.
“I bade her be the owner of herself,” one of the formulas of divorce,
vi. 178.
I cannot fill my eye with the twain = I cannot look at them long, ii.
88.
“I change the pasture” = I pass from grave to gay, etc., iv. 7.
“I commit him to thy charge under God,” ii. 184.
“I have accepted,” the normal idiom “I accept,” vi. 81.
“I have not any eye that can look at him” = “I cannot bear to see him,”
ii. 110.
I have not found thy heel propitious to me, i. 21.
“I must present myself before him (the King) with face unveiled,” a
Persian custom for women, iii. 533.
I smell the scent of the Jinn, ii. 125.
“I think not otherwise” = “I am quite sure,” ii. 119.
“I will hire thee a shop in the Chauk” = Carfax or market street, iii.
61.
I will lay down my life to save thee from sorrow—a commonplace
hyperbole of love, ii. 181.
Ibl, specific name for camels (_tr._ “certain camels”) i. 315.
Ibn al Sammák = Son of the fisherman or fishmonger, i. 171.
—— mín, a vulgarism for “man,” iii. 53.
Ibráa = deliverance from captivity, v. 203.
Ibrahim al-Harráni (_Arab._ title for Abraham) iii. 270.
—— of Mosul, the far famed musician, v. 193.
“’Iddah” = days during which a widow cannot marry (_tr._ “widowhood”)
iii. 379.
“If Almighty Allah have appointed unto thee aught thou shalt obtain it
without toil and travail”—a favourable sentiment, iii. 10.
“If his friend the Devil be overstrong for thee, flee him rather than
be slain,” ii. 202.
If my hand were changed = if my hand had lost its cunning, ii. 78.
“’Ifr” (_fem._ ’Ifrah) = a wicked and dangerous man, iii. 80.
Ifrít, mostly derived from “’afar” = dust, iii. 80.
Ihtidá = divine direction, i. 313.
Ihtimám wa Ghullah (former should be written with major aspirate
meaning “fever”) _tr._ “there befel him much concern,” v. 421.
Ihtirák = burning (used in the metaphorical sense of consuming,
torturing) i. 35.
Ihramat li al-Salát = she pronounced the formula of Intention (Niyat)
(_tr._ “the Prohibition”), ii. 94.
“Ij’alní fí Kll,” (the latter word a cler. error for “Kal-a” or “Kiláa”
= safety, protection) = Set me in a place of safety, vi. 84.
“Ikhbár” (=mere account of the discourse, _oratio indirecta_, etc.) iv.
39.
Iklím = climes, ii. 3.
“Ilà an káta-ka ’l-’amal al-rabíh” (In MS. giving no sense.
Translations by Author and Dr. Steingass) v. 58.
’Iláj (Al-) = insertion (_tr._ “horizontal refreshment”) ii. 185.
Illicit intercourse, (method intended to procure) vi. 126.
’Ilm al-Ghayb (_Arab._) = the Science of Hidden Things, iii. 452.
—— al-Híah, _gen. tr._ “Astrology”—here meaning Scientific Physiognomy,
iii. 32.
—— al-Hurúf (_Arab._) _tr._ “Notaricon,” iv. 80.
Imr al-Kays (in text “Imryu ’l-Kays”) a pre-Islamitic poet (“The man of
al-Kays”) v. 181.
’Ilm al-Mukáshafah = the Science by which Eastern adepts discover man’s
secret thoughts (_tr._ “Thought reading”) iii. 539.
Ilm al-Raml = (Science of the Sand), our geomancy, iii. 156.
Imam = Antistes or fugleman at prayer who leads off the orisons, ii.
101.
Imám = a leader of prayer, iii. 380.
—— = an antistes—a leader in prayer (a word with a host of meanings)
iii. 27.
—— (the spiritual title of the Caliph) i. 43.
Imán = prayer, iii. 380.
’Imárah = a building, _tr. here_ souterrain (probably clerical error
for Maghárah = a cave, a souterrain) iii. 15.
Impotence, causes and cure of, iv. 257.
Improbable details on which stories depend, iii. 160.
In a modest way (_lit._ In the way of moderation) i. 248.
Inbasata ’l-Layl al-Asá = “when the night of offence was dispread,” vi.
243.
Indecencies of Bhang-eaters, iv. 196.
Indian hemp, iv. 195.
“’Ind ’uzzáti ’s-siníni” (_Arab._) = _lit._ the thorny shrubs of ground
bare of pasture, v. 59.
Infanticide (in accordance with the manners of the age) iii. 497.
“In lam tazidd Kayní” = _lit._ unless thou oppose my forming or
composing (_tr._ “unless thou avert my shame”) iv. 11.
“Inna házih Hurmah; lam ’alay-há Shatárah” = “Truly this one is a
woman; I must not act vilely or rashly towards her” (ST.) v. 220.
Inscriptions on metal trays sold to Europeans—(also on tablecloths) ii.
87.
“Insistance overcometh hindrance” (equiv. of “’Tis dogged as does it”
of Charles Darwin) v. 171.
Intersexual powers, vaunting, v. 91.
“Intihába ’l furas” _lit._ = the snatching of opportunities (_tr._
“divest himself in a pleasurable case”) v. 222.
Intoxication (properly meaning “poisoning”) a term to be left for
“teetotallers” to use, v. 315.
Inverted speech, form of, v. 60.
Irak Al-, the head-quarters of the Khárijite heresy, v. 213.
Iraks (two) = Irák Arabí (Chaldæe) and ’Ajami (Western Persia) ii. 191.
Irán (father of the Furs) = Persians, etc son of “Ashur,” vi. 3.
Irham turham = Pity and shalt be pitied (one of the few passive verbs
still used in pop. par.) v. 169.
’Irk = vein (of our eye) _equiv. to_ “the apple of the eye,” ii. 144.
—— al-Háshimí = the Háshimí vein, i. 29.
“—— al-Usná” (_Arab._) = chordæ testiculorum (_tr._ “testicle-veins”)
v. 52.
Irregular use of inn, perpetuated in some monster hotels throughout
Europe, ii. 20.
Irtiyád = a place where the urine spray may not defile the dress (_tr._
“a place to make water”) ii. 13.
“’Irz” (=protection), “Hurmah” and “Shatárah” (words explaining each
other mutually) (ST.) v. 220.
Isá, according to Moslems, was not begotten in the normal way, vi. 100.
Isaac of Mosul, the Greatest of Arab Musicians, ii. 70.
“Ishá” prayer, iv. 296.
Is’hák = Isaac (Abraham and Isaac) vi. 104.
Is’háku kána ’l-Zabíh = Isaac was the victim, vi. 104.
Ishári, a word which may have many meanings (_tr._ “a white cock in his
tenth month”) iv. 341.
Ishmael (not Isaac) made the hero by mod. Moslems of the story “Abraham
and Isaac,” vi. 104.
Ishtalaka = he surmised, discovered (a secret), v. 33.
Islam Al- is based upon the fundamental idea of a Republic, vi. 194.
—— (Shaykh of), v. 317.
Israel, history of the name, vi. 100.
Israelite, now polite synonym for Jew, vi. 100.
Isráfíl = Raphael, v. 302.
Istanáda ’ala Shakkati-h, _tr._ “(he might) lean against his quarter,”
v. 401.
—— “he lay down on his rug” (ST.) v. 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”) v. 34.
Istífá = choice, selection, v. 203.
Istikhráj Al- = making “elegant extracts,” v. 126.
Istiláh (_Arab._) = Specific dialect, idiom (_tr._ “right direction”)
iv. 104.
Istinshák (_Arab._) one of the items of the Wuzú or lesser ablution
(_tr._ “water”) iv. 58.
“Itawwaha,” _tr._ “throwing his right leg over his back,” v. 382.
—— (Dr. Steingass also explains and translates) v. 382.
Ittikà (viiith of ✓ wakà); the form Takwà gen. used = fearing God, vi.
96.
Iyálah = government-general, iv. 245.
’Iyál-hu = _lit._ his family (_tr._ wives) ii. 8.
Iyás al-Muzani, al Kazi (of Bassorah) the Model Physiognomist, iv. 107.
“Iz lam naakhaz, wa-illá,” etc., a fair specimen of Arab. ellipsis, iv.
300.
Ja’ad = a curl, a liberal man, iv. 14.
Ja’ad al-yad = miserly, iv. 14.
Ja’afar, the model Moslem minister, v. 72.
Jabábirah—fabled Giant rulers of Syria, iii. 86.
Jabal (Al-) al-Mukawwar = the Crescent Mountain (from Kaur = a park)
ii. 119.
Jabal al-Saháb = “The mount of clouds,” v. 376.
Jabal Ka’ka’án, the highest parts of Meccah, inhabited by the Jurham
tribe (so called from their clashing armour and arms) vi. 131.
Jabhat = the lintel, opposed to the threshold (_tr. here_ “forehead” of
his shop) ii. 137.
Jabr (Al-) = the tyranny (equiv. of “Civil law”) i. 212.
Jady (_Arab._) = the zodiacal sign Capricorn (_tr._ “kid”) v. 46.
Jafr, supposed to mean a skin (camel’s or dog’s) prepared as parchment
for writing, vi. 168.
Jafr Al-, a cabalistic book, prognosticating all that will ever happen
to Moslems, vi. 168.
—— Al-, confused with “Ja’afar bin Tayyár” the Jinni, vi. 168.
Jaftáwát (_Arab._) _pl._ of _Turk._ “Chifút” = a Jew, or mean fellow,
vi. 67.
Jahím-hell, v. 55, 201.
Jahl = ignorance (also wickedness) i. 271.
Jahrbaur (a fancy name intended to be Persian) i. 93.
Ja’ídiyah (_Arab._) a favourite word in this MSS. = “Sharpers,” iv. 14,
280.
Jáizah (viaticum) = a day and night, vi. 26.
“Jalabí” (in text) afterwards written “Shalabí,” v. 335.
Jalak, the older name of Damascus, the “Smile of the Prophet,” vi. 167.
Jálínús = “Galen” (considered by Moslems a pre-Islamitic saint) i. 284.
Jám = either mirror or cup (meaning doubtful) iii. 440.
Jama’a atráfa-h, _lit._ = he drew in his extremities (_tr._ “covered
his hands and feet with his dress”) i. 114.
Jamal fálij = the palsy-camel, ii. 235.
“Jamarát of the Arabs” = Banú Numayr, Banú Háris, and Banú Dabbah, vi.
7.
Jámi’ = cathedral mosque, i. 250.
Jámí al-Amawí (_Arab._) Cathedral Mosque of the Ommiades, one of the
Wonders of the Moslem World, vi. 172.
Jám-i-Jamshíd, a well-worn commonplace in Moslem folk-lore, iii. 440.
Jamíl bin Ma’mar al-Uzri. (“Jamíl the Poet,” and lover of Buthaynah),
i. 41.
Jamrah = a bit of burning charcoal, ii. 122.
—— = a live coal, ii. 87.
“——” (_Arab._) a word of doubtful origin, applied to a self dependent
tribe (_tr._ “live coal”) vi. 7.
Jámúsah (_Arab._) = buffalo-cow, iv. 26.
Janákilah = gypsies, iv. 72.
Janánan may also read “Jinánan” (ST.) vi. 138.
—— (? _vulg._ form of “Jannatan” = the garden (of Paradise)) _tr._ “the
garths of Paradise,” vi. 138.
Janázah, bier with a corpse thereon, iv. 289.
Jarazat Kuzbán (_pl._ of Kazíb) = long and slender sticks, vi. 76.
Janínáti Al- = the market gardener, v. 293.
Jánn, Al- (MS. preserves rare form of, for the singular) iv. 88.
Jannat al-Khuld (_Arab._) = the Eternal Garden, v. 172.
Janzír (vulgarism for “Zanjír”) = a chain, i. 20.
Jaríd = The Cane-play, iii. 327.
—— or reed used as a javelin, iv. 173.
—— _pop._ Jeríd = the palm-frond used as javelin, iii. 145.
Jarídah (_Arab._), = Palm-frond stripped of its leaves, i. 264; iv.
173.
Jarír al-Khatafah, i. 39.
Jarír bin ’Abd al-Masíh (Mutalammis, a poet of The Ignorance) vi. 94.
Járiyah = damsel, slave-girl, used instead of “Sabiyah” = young lady,
i. 134.
Járiyah rádih, Al-, _tr._ “the good graces of her mistress,” v. 161.
Jarmúk, son of “Ashur,” vi. 3.
Jarrah (_Arab._) = flask, v. 321.
Jashísh = coarsely ground wheat (ST.) v. 347.
Jatháni = the wife of an elder brother (_tr._ “sister-in-law”) iii.
373.
Jauhar = the jewel, the essential nature of a substance (_tr._
“quintessence”) i. 212.
Jauhar-jí (_Arab._) a Turkish form for Jauharí, iv. 21.
Jauharjíyyah, _tr._ jewellers (an Arab. pl. of an Arabised Turkish
sing.—ji for—chí = (crafts) man) iii. 95.
Jawádit Al- = animals freshly slain, vi. 257.
Jawákín (_Arab._) _pl._ of Arab. Jaukán for _Pers._ “Chaugán,” a
crooked stick (used in Polo), vi. 125.
Jáwar = he became a Mujáwir (one who lives near a collegiate mosque) i.
196.
Jáwúsh (_Arab._) for Cháwush (_Turk._) = an army sergeant, etc., iv.
45.
Jay’a Al- = the onyx (a well-omened stone) v. 130.
“Jayb” = the breast of a gown, also used in sense of a pocket, vi. 42.
Jayyid, _der._ from root “Jaud” = to excel. (ST.) vi. 5.
Jazdán = a pen-case (_Pers._) more prop. called Kalamdán = a reed box,
iv. 322.
Jazirah = insula, island, used in the sense of “peninsula,” ii. 220.
Jazírah (Al-) (_Arab._) = Mesopotamia, iii. 269.
“Jews hold lawful to them the good of Moslems.” (Comparison of Jew
and Christian in matters relating to dealing) iii. 93.
Jazr = cutting, strengthening, flow (of tide) v. 203.
Jehovah, the tribal deity of the Jews, vi. 4.
Jerusalem, Temple of, a _fac simile_ of the orig. built by Jehovah in
the lowest heaven, _i.e._, that of the moon, vi. 105.
Jewel inserted in the shoulder, i. 228.
Jewels (luminous) iii. 354.
Jeweller, held to be one of the dishonest classes, iv. 21.
Jiddan (Egypto-Syrian) = muchly, i. 115.
Jiház (_Arab. Egypt._ “Gaház”) = marriage portion, v. 28.
“Jílan ba’da Jíl” the latter word = revolutions, change of days, tribe,
people,
v. 476.
Jím (j) with 3 dots, a Persian letter still preserved in Arabic
alphabets of Marocco, etc., vi. 182.
Jink of Egypt (called by Turkish soldiers Ghiovendé) iv. 72.
Jinn (_Arab._) = spirit or energy of a man, vi. 183.
—— “Curiosity,” vi. 62.
—— -mad (or in Persian “Parí-stricken,”—smitten by the fairies) v. 249.
Jinns of Northern Europe, ii. 86.
Jinníyah = the Jinn feminine, iii. 470.
Joanna Papissa (Pope John VIII. called “Pope Joan”) i. 340.
Job (traditions of) ii. 50.
Jugular veins (esp. the external pair) carry blood to the face, and are
subject abnormally to the will, v. 340.
Julnár = Gulnare, ii. 100.
Jumlatun min al-mál = Worth a mint of money, iv. 59.
Jummayz (_Arab._) = a tall sycamore tree, v. 117.
Jund (_Arab._) _pl._ “Junúd” = “guards,” a term mostly applied to
regular troops under Government, vi. 16.
Juráb al-’uddah (_Arab._) _i.e._, The manacles, fetters, etc., vi. 78.
“Júrah Syán” for “Jurah sayyál” = a stinking fosse a-flowing, vi. 35.
Ká’ah (_Arab._) = the apodyterium or undressing room upon which the
vestibule of the Hammam opens (_tr._ “great hall”) iii. 133.
—— = a saloon, vi. 61.
Ka’b = heel, glory, prosperity, i. 21.
Kabá (_Pers._) = a short coat or tunic, vi. 48.
Kababjí (for “Kabábji”), seller of Kabábs (_tr._ “cook”) v. 225.
Kabad = liver, sky vault, the handle or grip of a bow (_tr._ here
“belly” of the bow), vi. 257.
Kabbaltu = I have accepted, _i.e._, I accept emphatically, iii. 37.
Kabdán (usual form “Kaptán” from _Ital._ “Capitano”) = Captain (ship’s)
(Turk. form, as in “Kapúdán-pashá” Lord High Admiral of ancient
Osmanli land), v. 402.
Kábil-ki (? _cler._ error for Kátil-ki = Allah strike thee dead) _tr._
“Allah requite thee,” vi. 55.
Kabírah = head of the household (_i.e._, the mother), vi. 83.
Kabr al-Sitt, wherein Sitt Zaynab is supposed to lie buried (_tr._
“Lady’s Tomb”), vi. 171.
Kabsh (_Arab._) = ram, v. 299.
Kabút (_pl._ Kabábít) = “Capotes,” v. 274.
Kad = verily (affirmative particle preceding a verb gives it a present
and at times a future signification) i. 245.
Kadíd Al- (_Arab._) = jerked meat flesh smoked, or sun-dried (_tr._
“boucan’d meat”) v. 51.
Kadr = rank, i. 48.
Kádúm for “Kudúm” (Syrian form) to “adze,” iv. 101.
Káfi’ah Al- = parapet, vi. 72.