Supplemental Nights to the Book of the Thousand and One Nights — Volume 2 (of 6)
General
Supplemental Nights to the Book of the Thousand and One Nights — Volume 2 (of 6)
Fairy tales; Tales -- Arab countries
Julnár = Gulnare, 100.
Kamariyah (_der. from_ Kamar = Moon) = coloured glass windows, 39.
Kásid = messenger, 37.
Katl = killed (Irish “Kilt”), 182.
“Kayásirah” (Cæsars) _opp. to_ Akásirah, 263.
Kayrawán = Curlew, 93.
Kazi, ex-officio guardian of the orphans and their property, liable to
punishment in case of fraud, 10.
Khalíj (Al-), The Canal (Grand Canal of Cairo), 286.
Khayr kathír = This is right good (also “abundant kindness”), 275.
Khorasan (including our Afghanistan), in a chronic state of rebellion
in Al-Rashid’s reign, 167.
King consummates his marriage in presence of his virgin sister-in-law,
268.
—— Kulayb (“little dog”) al-Wá’il, 263.
—— Nabhán, 192.
—— of the Kingdoms (_i.e._ of the worlds visible and invisible), 6.
Kissing the hand, the action of a servant or slave, 81.
Kitáb = book, written bond, 27.
Koran quoted—
ii. 148, 215.
ii. 168, 175.
xx. 30, 270.
xxxiii. 35, 271.
xxxiii. 38, 197.
xlvii. 16, 177.
lvi. 87, 88, 106.
cxiii., cxiv., 101.
La’alla = peradventure (used to express expectation of possible
occurrence), 20.
Laban = milk soured (_tr._ “curd”), 54.
Lajlaj = tied (his tongue was), 186.
La-nakhsifanna = I would assuredly, etc., 23.
Lane quoted, 246.
Last march (to the next world), 202.
Laysa fi ’l-diyári dayyár = “nor is there a wight in the site” (a
favourite jingle), 275.
Leather from Al-Táif, 242.
Legal defects, (which justify returning a slave to the slave-dealer),
141.
Lieutenant of the bench, 24.
Lilláhi durrak = Gifted of Allah, 200.
Lithám = the coquettish fold of transparent muslin used by women in
Stambul, 172.
Love (for “sleep”), 164.
Lúlúah = The Pearl or Wild Heifer, 95.
Maamún (Al-) al-Hákim b’Amri’llah = The Secure, the Ruler by
Commandment of Allah, 281.
Mabásim (_pl._ of Mabsim) = a smiling mouth, 162.
Madmen in hot climates enjoy throwing off their clothes, 22.
Majnún = “A madman,” 22.
Making a picture (or statue), which artist cannot quicken, a process
demanded on Doomsday, 194.
Makrúh = blameable, not actually damnable, 46.
Malláh (Al-) = the salting ground, 54.
Malik (King), a title loosely applied in Arabic, 191.
Mamrak, or small dome built over pavilions (also _Pers._ “Bádhanj”),
82.
Mamrak = dome-shaped skylight, 39.
Máriyah (Maria, Mary) a non-Moslem name, 194.
Marj Salí = cleft meadow (here and below) _tr._ “Green Meadow,” 227.
Maròcco, earliest occurrence of name, 252.
Maut ahmar = violent or bloody death (_tr._ “red death,”) 11.
Ma’úzatáni = The Two Preventives (two chapters from the Koran), 101.
Mawálid (_pl._ of Maulid) = _lit._ “nativity festivals,” (_here_
“funeral ceremonies”), 187.
Mawázi (_pl._ of Mauza’) = _lit._ places, shifts (_tr._ “positions”),
112.
May God never requite thee for me with good (_i.e._ Damn your soul for
leading me into this danger), 39.
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