GLOSSARY OF ARABIC TERMS. 



nrd soil. 



asfar yellow. 



badala watering implement. 



baitana implement for dividing land into beds. 



boos reeds (Phragmites communis) ; also stalks of mai/e ftc. 



coufri ruins of mud brick buildings used as manure. 



dineba Panicum crus-galli. 



durah collective name for maize & sorghum. 



erd asfar .... yellow soil *. e. sand. 



erd iswid .... black soil i.e clay. 



erilla Sinapis Arvensis (wild mustard). 



fass hand-hoe. 



fassing .... act of using a fass. 



henna Lawsonia alba. 



hod large basin i.e. tract of land surrounded by a dyke for flooding 



hoshay enclosed area frequently a division of a hod. . 



kabar Sinapis nigra. 



kassabia .... native implement for levelling dry land. 



kism division. 



lowatt implement for levelling land under water. 



lubain Sonchus spp. 



mangal .... sickle for harvesting wheat and barley. 



norag implement for thrashing cereals. 



mazaka .... hand-hoe, 



minshar .... hand-hoe, 



mintena .... Chenopodium. 



nattala swing basket for raising water. 



neguil Cynodon dactylon. 



noria water lift. 



ramroom .... implement for covering seed in basin irrigation lands. 



ri'gla Portulaca oleracea. 



sakieh Persian wheel. 



samar Cyperus alopecuroides. 



seback manure. 



shadoof .... wat,er lift, 



sharshara .... similar to minshar. 



taboot water wheel. 



tafia efflorescence of salt in heavy land in rainless region. 



tamboor .... Archimedean screw, 



tara ....'. wheel of " taboot ". 



tech-beech . . . applying manure to individual plants. 



waboor engine. 



yanni Archimedean screw. 



zahafa. . . . . plnnk of wood for breaking clods. 



