INDEX
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Kataba (for tattooing), 250
Kawwad = leader (for pimp), 98
Kayf hálak = how de doo?, 336
Kazá, Kismet and “Providence”, 135
“Key” = fee paid on the keys being handed to a lodger, 212
Khadd = cheek, 277
Kháfiyah = concealed; Kháinah = perfidy, 320
Khal’a al-’izár = stripping of jaws or side-beard, 248
Khalbús = buffoon, 195
Khalí’a (Al-) = the Wag, 130
Khánakah = Dervishes’ convert, 177
Khátún = lady; Pr. N., 146
Khazrá (al-) = the Green, palace of Mu’áwiyah, 124
Khirad Shah = King Intelligence; Pr. N., 73
Khiskhánah = cupboard, 199
Kirát (bean of Abrus precatorius), 289
Kisás (Al-) = lex talionis, 170
“Kiss ground” not to be taken literally, 210
Kitf al-Jamal = Camel shoulder-blade, 167
Knife, “bravest of arms”, 123
Koran quoted (iii. 11; i. 42; viii. 9), 55
—— (cxi.), 59
—— (xxxiii.), 92
—— (xx. 102), 164
—— (xii. 31), 213
—— (ii. 286), 285
—— (ii. 61; xxii. 44), 346
—— (xxxv.), 366
Kudrat = Omnipotence, 135
Kulzum (Al-), old name of Suez-town, 348
Kumayt (Al-) = bay horse with black points, 128
Kumasrá (Kummasrá) = pear, 357
Kursí = stool, 311
La’ab = sword-play, 44
Láb (old Pers. for Sun), 296
Laban = sweet milk, 360
Lakít = fœtus, foundling, contemptible fellow, 145
Lane quoted, 95; 96; 111; 113; 118; 119; 123; 124; 135; 136; 139; 144; 172; 182; 195; 196; 209; 269; 275; 280; 282; 303; 309; 314; 328; 361
Laun = colour, hue (for dish), 185
Laylat ams = yesternight, 186