1852.] Foreign words occurring in the Qordn. 113 



yoj ramz 3, 36. Hebrew, motion of the lips. 

 ^ast** sijjyn 83, 7 and 8. is not an Arabic word, 

 ^xu* synyn 95, 2. Abyssinian, beautiful. 

 4^1= fowa 20, 12. Hebrew, man, some say it means at night. 

 e>iUs 'abbadta 26, 21. Nabat. thou hast killed, 

 i^a* 'adn, pass. Syriac, grape. 

 fjt 'arim 34, 15. Abyss, channels in which the water collects and 



dries up. 

 (£•«* ghassaq 38, 57. Turky, cold stinking water — some say it is a 



word of Tokharistan. 

 O^ ghydh 11, 46. Abyss, the water has decreased. 

 U*jdj9 firdaws 23, 11. Rumy, a garden (it is evidently derived from 



Paradise) in Nabatean firdasa means grapes. Some say firdaws 



means a vineyard in Syriac. 

 j»y fiim 2, 58. Hebr. wheat. 

 U*ib\j3 qara7ys 6, 9 1 is not Arabic. 

 k*J> qis£, passim. Rumy, justice. 

 ,j»»lla-J> qos£as 17, 37. Rumy, a balance, justice. 

 iUr*» qaswarah 74, 51. Abyss, lion. 

 <_**£•*' qissys 5, 85. Hebrew, a sincere friend (ciddyq). 

 £x~s qasiyah 9, 16, 'ajamy, a man with a bad heart, base coin. 

 las aptt 38, 15. Nabat. a letter or document, a book. 

 Ji^if qofl-47, 26, is a Persian word, a lock. 

 JLi qommal 7, 130. Hebrew and Syriac, louse, insect. 

 jllais qintir 3, 68. Rumy, twelve ounces, some say it means in Syriac, 



filling a bull's skin with gold and silver. Some say it means in 



the Berber language one thousand mithqals. Ibn Qotaybah says it 



means in the language of Africa Provincia 8000 mithqals. 

 (*W qayyum, passim. Syriac, wide awake, a person who does not sleep. 

 jyi\4 Kapiir, Pers. camphor. 



jbS kaffara 47, 2. Hebrew or Nabat. he forgave their sins. 

 ,J&s6 kiflan 57, 28. Abyss, double, in Nabat, two shares. 

 >if kanz, passim. Persian, a treasure. 

 o>y kiiwirat 81, 1. Pers. (probably from Kor blind.) 

 <ujJ lynah 59, 5, in the language of the Jews of Madynah, a date tree. 



