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GLOSSARY
Although I have seldom used the Arab terms and names in reference to
geographical details, such as water-holes and rock features, the maps to which
reference is made in paragraph 7 of this Report have each a ‘ glossary , and it is
from these that the glossary below has been compiled. The actual meaning of a
term appears to vary in different places or among different tribes, but it will be
seen from the text of the Report, e.g. paragraph 36, that the name Ayun (the plural
for Am, a spring) is almost certainly incorrect as used as a place name, and that the
correct term should be Gelti (particularly for the water in the wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. at Hanun camp
as discussed in paragraph 38). The true springs or Ayun are those of the Garzaz,
vSahnut, Rizat, etc. However, a glossary is always useful as the terms are often
far more descriptive for local features and the like than any word in English (compare
such words as Arq, Huqna, Qauz and Qoz, with regard to 'sand dunes’, or Fula,
Gelti, Ghadir, Khafs and Shaqa, in connection with water-holes).
Ad, Ado
white.
Ain (pi. Ayun)
spring.
A nod ..
milk.
Arq (pi. Uruq)
ridge-like sand
dune.
Bahr
bay, gulf, sea,
river.
Barr
shore.
Beni (or Bani)
tribe.
Bir
well with
gypsum.
Birka ..
pool, lake.
swamp.
Biyo
water.
Buhaira
lake.
Bur
hill or mountain.
Burj (pi. Buru)
tower.
Daggah
rock.
Dahana
desert of sandy
gravel.
Dar
stone house.
Darb
caravan road.
Dhahab
fog.
Dohat
bay.
Duqduq
cattle camp.
Fula
pool, water-hole.
Gelti (pi. Gulut)
water-hole in
rocks.
Ghadir (pi. Ghadran)
water-hole in
stream bed.
Ghail ..
watercourse.
Ghauba
sandstone.
Gheim ..
mist.
Hagar ..
stone, rock.
Hidba ..
. plain.
Hiswa ..
underground
water source.
Huqna ..
crescent sand
dune.
’Idd ..
well.
Jabal, Jebel
mountain.
Jau
. wide valley.
Jaub (pi. Jiban)
. . depression.
Jazira(t)
.. island.
Kaud ..
.. sand dune.
Khafs ..
pond in a na
tural cavity.
Khila(t)
. . region without
H a mmad h
vegetation.
Khor
creek, inlet,
lagoon, etc.
Las
.. shallow well in
sand.
Madd
.. flood.
Madkal
entrance.
Ma’hali
. . fresh water.
Ma’maleh
.. salt water.
Marbakh
.. flat sandy pas
ture land.
Marsa ..
.. anchorage, port.
Makar ..
.. rain. *
May'a
.. shallow lagoon
in a swamp.
Meshra
.. landing place.
Mishash
.. exiguous water
in sandy
ground.