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Glossary

Note. Where a word appears frequently only a few examples have been entered.
'aba’ah (pi. 'aba’at): cloak 145, 195, bayasirah (singl. haisar or baisari):
233 agricultural labourers 224. 448n
’abrah (pi. ’abrat): type of boat 247, bidar (or: baidar) (pi. bayadir):
248-9 gardener 224, 226
adab (pi. adab): good manners 156 bin (correct: ibn) (pi. abna’): son of
a/Idj see falaj passim
ahl al kitab: belonging to “the book" bint (correct: ibnah) (pi. banal):
(i.e. Jews and Christians) 128 daughter of passim
'a’ilah (pi. ’a’ilat): family 151-2 bint 'amm: paternal cousin 79. 145
’alim (pi. 'ulama’): scholar 131, 275 bisht: cloak 233
'amil (pi. ’amilat): mode of operating bulaidah: small settlement 420n
a pearling boat 208. 429 bum: type of boat 254
amir (pi. umara’): representative 103. burqa*: face mask 145, 150, 235
110-12. 124, 131, 206 and passim
'amlah: type of boat 173 chandel (Indian origin): a type of
'aqal (pi. ’uqul): headrope 140 wood 246, 439n
*arif (pi. 'ura(a’): falaj warden 121, chau (pi. achwah): a measure of
124-5, 179-80, 467n Indian origin 189
’arish or 'arishah: house built of
palm fronds 450n
'askar (pi. 'asakir): guard 102. 104. dallal: trader in pearls 188-9
118 damani: type of gazelle 438n
as! (pi. usul): root, origin, descent 224 dar: tribal grazing area 23. 42. 56 and
’azlmah: type of duty (lax) 115 passim
darwlsh: religious man 139
baghlah: type of boat 85. 183. 191 dawlah al imarat al 'arablyah al
baluch: immigrants from the Persian mutlahidah (pronounced: dawlat
coast 225. 226 al. ..): United Arab Emirates 372
baqarah: type of boat 184 dhabb: type of lizard 170
barasti: house built of palm fronds dhabi: type of gazelle 171. 438n
137, 247. 385 dhow: type of boat (the word is
barr: open country 196 probably of Indian origin and is
ball!: type of boat 184 hardly ever used by Arabs) 254
bajin: undisclosed wealth 161 diyyln: pearling basket 185
batn: interior 441n dun: camel guard (in Liwa) 124
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