326 Contributions to English Levicography. 
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Cotton, (Arab. (25 cotton ; comp. So linen, also Heb. nin> 4 
tunic ;) a soft, downy substance obtained from a plant. 
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Dragoman, (Arab. Ola targoman, an interpreter, from te to 
interpret ; comp. Chald. n34m idem ;) in the east, an interpreter. 
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Emir, (Arab. Veal a cemmander, prince, from Nad to command ; comp. 
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Heb. "28 to say, also to command ;) in Turkey, a title of honor given to 
those who claim descent from Mohammed. ‘The form omrahs, which 
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is derived from the Arabic plural a} 0 x} by annexing s, is not to be 
mnitated. 
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Fetwa, (Arab. c$ gS a legal decision or answer, from Us con]. iv. fo 
give a legal decision ; comp. Heb. np to open ;) a written decision of 
the muftt. Comp. oe 
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Haji, (Arab. spl a pilgrim to Mecca, from ao Zo £9 on a pil- 
grimage to Mecea; comp. Heb. 335 to move round ina circle, to dance, 
to celebrate a festival ;) a Mohammedan pilgrim. 
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FTarem, (Arab. ie @ sanctuary, a woman’s apartment, from 
to prohibit ; comp. Heb. 3m primar. to shut up, te prehibié;) im the 
east, the woman’s apartment. 
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Hegira, (Arab. = hijra, flight, leaving one’s counéry, from ts 
to fly ys comp. Heb. 447 idem ;) the fight of Mchammed from Mecca 
to Medina, ey which the MACE reckon time. 
Imam, (Arab. cbel a priest, from a to go before, to lead in sacred rites ;} 
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a Mohammedan priest. ‘The form iman is incorrect. 
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Islam, (Arab. c Maul liter. devotion or submission, scil. ta God and his 
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prophet Mohammed, hence the Mohammedan religion, from @\” conj. 
Al. to submit to God ; comp. Heb. 03W to be sound, Hiph. éo make peace 
by submission ;) the Mohammedan religion. Comp. Moslem and Mu- 
sulman, which are from the same root. 
Islamism, the preceding word with the Greek termination ism. 
