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Al-‘Ar&* Ar Rijal Ri
Al-Ghabar Gh Abad Rufaidah Ruf
Sabt al-‘Alaya A1 ‘Aqlq Aq
Al al-Shaikh Sh Al-Jabarah J
Al-Nama$ N Al-Qahabah Qa
TanQmah T Najran Na
Ithnain Bal-Asmar Ith Bishah B
Al-$abb Sab Al-Qauz Qauz
Abha Ab

LIST OF TERMS

The Highlands and Western Najd

1. Tower house: hu$n I, Sh, N, Ruf, Aq, Na, hi$n J pi. bi$un N, Ruf,
bu$Qn J, ga$r Ar, Al, Sh, Ruf, Aq, J, Qa, Na pi. gu$ur J.
2. House: bet Ab, Aq. This word seems to refer to non-tower houses.
3. House of two or three storeys: sabah Ar, N, T pi. siyafr T. In Ar the
word can refer to one or several houses. The size to which sabah refers in
Ar is uncertain.
4. One-storeyed house: sagifah I, N, ga'iyyah T, ga'i J pi. ga*iyyat J,
marbu'ah Qa, barwah pi. braw Na.
5. Roof: <?ahr al-bet Qi, I $atb Gh, Al, T, J pi. stub J, 7d/a T, difa T,
Ith, Nab, Sah, Ri pi. difat T, gama pi. ’agmiyah Sab, racin Qa.
6. Parapet: midmak pi. mad&mlk Al, ydn Sh, bawfah T, bofah Ith, Sah
pi. bw&t T, btyt Ri, *agad Nab, Sah, bajwah pi. bajwat J, ged Qa.
7. Finial: baddah pi. bidad T, gardu‘ pi. garadV J.
8. Crenellation: $<5ma'ah Ith, Ab, Nab pi. $awami‘ Ab, bamamah coll.
bam&m B.
9. Loop-hole in parapet: buij I, Al, N, Sah, biij Al, Sh, ban T, bin Ith
pi. buruj I, Al, biruj Sh, N, Sab, biruy T, Ith, miQrab pi. maQarib Nab,
ma&rab Ruf, Qa pi. maQarib Ruf, mlsag pi. mawasig J.
10. Spout on roof: sarab I, Ab, Nab, Sah, J, Na pi. surban J, musrab
Qa, mlzib Al, Sh, N, T, Ith pi. mayazlb Al, muwazib Sh, mawazlb N, T,
mirzAb Sh, T, mirz&b T, $abubah pi. $awabib J, mafhar Na.
11. Runnel: mizZb pi. mayazlb I, sarab Al, Sh, Na pi. *asrab Na, sayyal
I, J, B pi. sayayil J, sayySlSt B. The writer had great difficulty eliciting 10
and 11 as the speakers were not always certain about which word applied
to which feature.
12. Wall skin of a stone house: $ifr Ar, Ith, nlr J. A house with one skin
is called wabsi in I.
13. Mud layer: midmZk Ab, Nab, Sah, Ruf, Aq, J, Na pi. madamik Ab,
Nab, Sah, Ruf, J, Na, damk Sah (sg. only).
14: Line separating mud layers: bitim J, Na pi. burum J.
15. Vertical mouldings below roof line on mud houses: tasnfah pi.
tasSrif Ruf. These mouldings rest on protruding joists.