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[ Azaa, strictly the formal sitting in state to receive visits of condolence for the death of a relation, but in modern parlance commonly applied, by extension, to the funeral ceremonies themselves.]
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[ El kendil el meshhour. The lamp is however more than once mentioned in the course of the tale by the name of "wonderful" (ajib, see post, p. 88, note 4) so familiar to the readers of the old version.]
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[ Night DXIV.]
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[ Khilafahu, lit. "the contrary thereof;" but the expression is constantly used (instead of the more correct gheirahu) in the sense of "other than it," "the take," etc.]
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[ Or "street-boys" (auladu 'l hhareh).]