112 Foreign words occurring in the Qordn. [No 2. 



Jaas^j zanjabyl 76, 17. Some say it is a Persian word, a spring in 



Paradise. 

 •^s* sojjad, passim. Syriac, covering the head and face. 

 Jlsr*» sijill 21, 104. Pers. book, according to others Abyssin. man. 

 JUs:'*' sijjyl 105, 4. Pers. compound of sang, stone, and gil, earth. 

 <J^*» soradiq 18, 28. Pers. the word is originally spelled sard-dar, 



house door, and it means threshold, others say it is derived from 



sard-pardah, the curtain of the house. 

 Ijj** saryya 19, 24. Syr. or Nab. or Greek, river. 

 lju» safarah 80, 15. Nabat. readers (of a sacred book). 

 j&~* saqar, passim 'ajamy, (i. e. foreign) hell-fire. 

 j£~» sakar 16, 69. Abyssin. vinegar. 

 <JUa*J..w salsabyl 76, 18, is an 'ajamy (foreign) word, 

 ^-tyuo sondes 18, 30. Pers. and according to others Indian; fine 



brocade. 

 Ia<jo*» sayyid 12, 25, husband— is not an Arabic word, some say it is 



Coptic. 

 Uju» sayna 23, 20. Nabat. hill, and according to the Itqdn it means 



beautiful. 

 Ja.& shafr 2, 139 and 145 and 146. Abyssinian, towards, opposite. 

 j$& shahr, passim. Syriac. 



$c\j>c cira£, passim. Riimy, road, (in a mystical sense) . 

 j* cor (from cawr) 2, 262. Nabat. to cleave, to cut. 

 ol^-tfl calat or colut, or cilwat, or calawat, or colwat 22, 41. and 



passim. Hebrew and Syriac, Synagogues, the word is originally 



spelt 0j^> 

 aJo Tah 20, 1. Abyssin. and Nabat. O man, according to the Itqan 



it means O Mohammad ! 

 (jids Tafaq 7, 12. Rumy : to intend (it is explained by qacad &<&■*) 

 ^k ^tiba 13, 28. Abyssin. a name of Paradise. According to some 



£uba y» (with alif) is Syriac or Nabat. and means a hill. In the 



Itqan it is stated that it is an Indian word, 

 xlil ina 33, 53. Berber, looking. 

 <ui' anyyah 88, 5. Hot, boiling. 



p±&s?\ jahannam, passim. Hebr. or Persian, hell, derived from fl\$t 

 frs» means v^J m tae Abyssinian language. 



