The Paladin of the Night

Home > Other > The Paladin of the Night > Page 38
The Paladin of the Night Page 38

by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman

‘efreet: a powerful spirit

  Emshi besselema: a farewell salutation

  eucha: suppertime

  eulam: post meridian

  fantasia: an exhibition of horsemanship and weapons skills

  fatta: a dish of eggs and carrots

  fedjeur: before sunrise

  feisha: an amulet or charm

  ghaddar: a monster who lures men and tortures them to death

  ghul: a monster that feeds on human flesh. Ghuls may take any human form, but they can always be

  distinguished by their tracks, which are the cloven hooves of an ass

  girba: a waterskin; four usually carried on each camel of a caravan

  goum: a light horseman

  haik: the combined head cloth and face mask worn in the desert

  harem: “the forbidden,” the wives and concubines of a man or the dwelling places allotted to them

  hauz: artificial pond

  Hazrat: holy

  henna: a thorn-shrub and the reddish stain made from it

  houri: a beautiful and seductive woman

  Imam: priest

  jihad: holy war

  kafir: unbeliever

  Kasbah: a fortress or castle

  kavir: salt desert

  khurjin: saddlebags

  kohl: a preparation of soot used by women to darken their eyes

  madrasah: a holy place of learning

  Makhol: Right! (exclamation)

  mamaluks: originally white slaves; warriors

  marabout: a holy man

  mehara: a highly bred racing camel

  mehari: a plural of mehara

  mehariste: a rider of a mehara

  mogreb: nightfall

  nesnas: a legendary, fearsome monster that takes the form of a man divided in half vertically, with half a face, one arm, one leg, and so on

  palanquin: a curtained litter on poles, carried by hand

  pantalons: loose, billowing pants worn by men

  paranja: a woman’s loose dress

  pasha: title of rank

  qarakurt: “black worm,” a large species of deadly spider

  quaita: a reed instrument

  qumiz: fermented mare’s milk

  rabat-bashi: innkeeper

  saksul: a tree that grows in the desert

  salaam: an obeisance, a low bow with the hand on the forehead

  salaam aleikum!: Greeting to you

  saluka: a swift hunting dog

  satsol: a desert-growing tree

  seraglio: the quarters of the women of the harem

  Sheykh: the chief of a tribe or clan

  shir: lion

  shishlick: strips of meat grilled on a skewer

  sidi: lord, sir

  sirocco: the south wind, a windstorm from the south

  souk: marketplace, bazaar

  spahi: native cavalryman

  Sultan: king

  Sultana: wife of a Sultan, queen

  surnai: a traditional folk reed instrument, generally conical and made of wood

  tamarisk: a graceful evergreen shrub or small tree with feathery branches and minute scalelike leaves

  tambour: similar to a tambourine

  tel: a hill

  tuman: money

  wadi: river or stream

  wazir: an adviser to royalty

  yurt: semipermanent tent

  Table of Contents

  The Book of the Immortals 1

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  The Book of the Zhakrin 1

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  The Book of Quar 1

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  The Book of Zhakrin 2

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  The Book of the Immortals 2

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  The Book of Quar 2

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  The Book of Astafas

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Chapter 10

  Chapter 11

  Chapter 12

  Chapter 13

  Chapter 14

  Chapter 15

  Chapter 16

  Chapter 17

  Chapter 18

  The Book of Akhran

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Chapter 10

  Glossary

 

 

 


‹ Prev