[35] "_Cayer_. A quire of written paper; a piece of a written book, divided into equal parts."--Cotgrave. The _cayer_ appears to have been synonymous with the _pecia_ of monkish writers. It may be observed that from _chartar_, a Persian word literally signifying '_four-strings_,' the Rev. Stephen Weston has traced the descent of κιθαρα _cithara_; _chitarra;_ and _guitar_. To these derivates the old English _gittern_ may be added."--Specimens of the Conformity of the European Languages, especially the English, with the Oriental languages, especially the Persian. By Stephen Weston, B. D. 12mo, 1802. [36] It may be here noted that the word _Wuruk_ or _Wuruq_, used by the Moslems in Hindostan to signify a card, signifies also the _leaf_ of a tree, a _leaf_ of paper, being in the latter sense identical with the Latin _folium_. See Richardson's Arabic Dictionary, word "Card;" and the word "_Wuruq_"' in the list of terms used at the game of cards as played at Hindostan, given in a subsequent page. [37] Should I be told that the correct word for "_four_" in Hindostanee, is _chatur_, _chatta_, or _cattah_,--not _chartah_,--and be required to account for the ρ in χαρτης, supposing the latter word to be derived from the same root, I should answer by giving a case in point--the derivation of _quartus_ from _quatuor_,--leaving others to assign the reason. I subjoin here, by way of contrast, a different etymology of _carta_--Epistola, a letter. "Quieren algunos que este nombre Castellano, Carta, se derivasse de la ciudad de Carta insigne por aver sido cuna de la reyna Dido, y atribuyen à esta ciudad la etimologia, por aver sido la primera que dio materia en que las Cartas se escriviessen."--Seneca impugnado de Seneca, &c. Por Don Alonzo Nuñez de Castro, p. 220, 4to. Madrid, 1661.--Is there any evidence to show that the form of ancient Carthage was _Square_? [38] "Im Arabischen heist _Nabaa_: er hat einen leisen Ton, wie die Zauberer thun, von sich gegeben; davon _Naba_, die Zaubertrommel, und _Nabi_, ein Prophet, Wahrsager, herkömmt. Eichhorn erklärt, in der Einleitung zum A. Testamente, die hebräischen Worte _Nabi_, Nabüm, durch göttliche Eingebung, und durch Leute, die durch göttliche Eingebung handeln."--Ueber den Ursprung der Spielkarten, s. 15. [39] Heineken, Idée Générale d'une complète Collection d'Estampes, p. 240. Leipsic, 1771.