Salkh (_Arab._) = flaying (meaning also a peculiar form of circumcision) v. 214.
Salt rubbed on wounds to staunch the blood, v. 97.
Samár (_Arab._) from _Pers._ “Sumar” = a reed, a rush, v. 226.
Samaria (according to Moslems, Shamrín and Shamrún) iii. 271.
Samáwah, confounded with Kerbela—a desert with a place of pilgrimage, iii. 484.
Samd = carpets and pots and pans (_tr. Vaiselle_) vi. 64.
——, translated by Christian commentators as “Samaritan,” vi. 160.
“Samman” (for “Sammán”) = quails, vi. 66.
“——” or “Summán” (classically “Salwá”) = quails, vi. 147.
Samm Sá’ah (in text), _tr._ “poison of the hour,” v. 352.
Samson’s enigma (Judges xiv. 12), vi. 106.
Sandarúsah (_Arab._) = red juniper gum (from _Pers._ “Sandar” = amber) _tr._ “Sandarach,” vi. 141.
Sanják (in modern parlance) = minor province, iv. 245.
—— -dar = the banner-bearer, ensign, iv. 245.
Sapídaj (corresponding with “Isfidaj”), _tr._ “ceruse” or white lead, v. 130.
Sára’a hu wa láwa’a-hu = he rushed upon him and worried him (ST.) iv. 266.
Sára la-hu Shanán, _tr._ “In his new degree he was feared,” v. 472.
—— (Steingass reads “Thániyan” = and he became second to him (the Sultan), _i.e._, his alter ego) v. 472.
Sar’a’l-Lijám, _tr._ “bridal thongs,” v. 385.
“Sárayah” (for “Saráyah,” Serai, Government House), _tr._ “Palace,” v. 6.
Saráy not to be confounded with Serraglio = Harem, iv. 234.
—— (_Pers._) official head-quarters of the Walí, iv. 234.
Sára yuráshí-h, _tr._ “kindness and liberality,” v. 473.
—— (“Yuráshí” and “Yuráshú” are the 6th form of “rashá, yarshú”) = he bestowed a gift (principally for the sake of bribery), he treated kindly (ST.) v. 473.
Sarhádún = “Sarkhadom” (_Gauttier_). The great usurper Sargon, vi. 6.
Sarír = a bier without the corpse, iv. 289.
“Sarkhah adwat la-há al-Saráyah” = a cry to which the Palace women raised an echo (ST.) iv. 272.
Sarmújah (_Arab._) = sandals, slippers, etc., v. 442; from _Pers._ “Sarmúzah,” a kind of hose or gaiter worn over a boot (ST.) v. 217.
Sarráf = a money changer (_tr._ “shroff”) iii. 333.
—— Sarra Surrah (Surratan) = he tied up a purse (ST.) v. 412.
Sarsarah (cler. error for “Akhaza (?) surratan”) = he took a purse, v. 462.
Sárú (dakhalú, jalasú, etc.), in the plural for the dual—popular and vulgar speech, iii. 66.