Ḥijla-yi ʿarūs (the bridal chamber), a special room or tent at the home of a bridegroom, which may be adorned with curtains, lace, flowers or ornamentation of various kinds, where the bride and groom stay to consummate their marriage. It may also be called the   (the groom’s wedding chamber) (Muḥammad Pādshāh, 2/1491), killah (lit. ‘small tent’), gir-dak (round tent) (Tabrīzī, 3/1789; Anwarī, 6/6118), ḥijla-yi zufāf (Marzubān b. Rustam 185), zufāf-khānah (Khayyām-pūr, 32), ḥijla-khānah or ḥijlah-gāh (Muḥammad Pādshāh, 2/1491; Dihkhudā, 6/8771). In the various languag…