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.
Shadoof——Bucket and pole used by natives for lifting water.
Sha'er——A reciter. (The singular of Sho'ara, properly signifying a
poet.)
Sheikh-el-beled——Head of a village.
Shintiyan——Very wide trousers, worn by the women of the middle and
higher orders.
Sitt——"The Lady."
Tarboosh——Fez or native turban.
Tarah——A veil for the head.
Ulema——Learned men.
Waled——A boy.
Wekeel——A deputy.
Welee——A favourite of Heaven; colloquially a saint.
Yashmak——A veil for the lower part of the face.
Yelek——A long vest or smock, worn over the shirt and shintiyan.
Zeriba——A palisade.
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