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[ Arab. "Kumájah" from the Persian Kumásh = bread unleavened and baked in ashes. Egyptians use the word for bannocks of fine flour.]
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[ Arab. "Kalí," our "alcali" ; for this and other abstergents see vol. i. 279.]
18 ([return])
[ These lines have occurred twice in vol. i. 117 (Night xii.); I quote Mr. Payne.]
19 ([return])
[ Arab. "Yá 'llah, yá 'lláh;" vulg. used for "Look sharp!" e.g., "Yá 'llah jári, yá walad" = Be off at once, boy.">[
20 ([return])
[ Arab. "Banj akrítashí," a term which has occurred before.]