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laḳab
(37 words)
laḳab (A, pl.
alḳab) : in onomastics, nickname or sobriquet, and at a later date under Islam and with m…
lut̲h̲g̲h̲a
(25 words)
lut̲h̲g̲h̲a (A) : in grammar, a deviation in the pronunciation of a number of phonemes (not exclusively
ghayn, as is …
d̲j̲alsa
(82 words)
d̲j̲alsa (A), and
ʿanāʾ, zīna : in Morocco, the prevalent system of perpetual lease by waḳf of dilapidat…
ḳabḍ
(403 words)
ḳabḍ (A) : lit. seizure, grasping, contraction, abstention, etc., and used in the special vocabulary…
fakkāk
(60 words)
fakkāk (A) : the individual who devotes himself totally or episodically to the ransoming of Muslims …
istiʾnāf
(64 words)
istiʾnāf (A) : lit. recommencement, renewal; in law, in modern Arabic, appeal; in classical law, ~ i…
muns̲h̲ī
(80 words)
muns̲h̲ī (A), or more correctly
muns̲h̲iʾ : in the Persian and Indo-Muslim worlds, a secretary in the rul…
muḳla
(28 words)
muḳla (A) : a very wide turban worn by
ʿulamāʾ (Fakīh) in Egypt. Libās; also the headdress of Coptic priests …
g̲h̲āzī
(147 words)
g̲h̲āzī (A, pl.
g̲h̲uzāt) : a fighter for the faith, a person who took part in a razzia, or raid agains…
d̲j̲āliya
(24 words)
d̲j̲āliya (A, pl. D̲j̲awālī) : the term used for the Arabic-speaking communities with special refere…
tabannin
(34 words)
tabannsup:in (A) : adoption, the giving of one’s name to another who does not belong within his ‘nat…
d̲j̲ilwa
(49 words)
d̲j̲ilwa (A) : the ceremony of raising the bride’s veil, and the present made by the husband to the …
suḳuṭrī
(51 words)
suḳuṭrī (A, <
suḳuṭra) : one of a variety of the aloe, considered to be the best and probably corresponding with the
Aloe …
