Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt — Volume 3 by Gilbert Parker
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Mafish----Nothing.
Magnoon----Fool. Malaish----No matter. Mamour----A magistrate. Mankalah----A game. Mastaba----A bench. Mejidieh----A Turkish Order. Mirkaz----District. Moghassils----Washers of the dead. Moufetish----High steward. Mudir----A Governor of a Mudirieh or province. Muezzin----The sheikh of the mosque who calls to prayer. Mushrabieh----Lattice window. Naboot----Quarter staff. Narghileh----The Oriental tobacco-pipe. Nehar-ak koom said----Greeting to you. Omdah----The head of a village. Ooster----One of the best sort. Ramadan----The Mahommedan season of fasting. Reis----Pilot. Saadat el basha----Excellency. Sais----Groom. Sakkia----Persian water-wheel. Salaam----A salutation of the East; an obeisance, performed by bowing very low and placing the right palm on the forehead and on the breast. Sarraf----An accountant. |
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