Hadji Murad
A List of Tartar Words Used in HADJI MURAD
- Aoul
- A tartar village.
- Bar
- Have.
- Beshmet
- A Tartar undergarment with sleeves.
- Burka
- A long round felt cape.
- Dzhigit
- The same as a brave among American Indians, but
the word is inseparably connected with the idea of
skilful horsemanship.
- Gazavdt
- A holy war against the infidels.
- Imam
- The leader in the holy war, uniting in himself supreme spiritual and temporal power.
- Khansha
- The wife of a khan.
- Kizyak
- A fuel made of straw and manure.
- Kunak
- A sworn friend, an adopted brother.
- Murid
- A disciple or follower: "One who desires" to find the way in Muridism.
- Muridism
- Almost identical with Sufism.
- Murshed
- "One who shows" the way in Muridism.
- Naib
- A Tartar lieutenant or governor.
- Pilau
- An oriental dish prepared with rice and mutton or chicken.
- Saklya
- A Caucasian house, clay-plastered and often built of earth.
- Shariat
- The written Mohammedan law.
- Tarikat
- "The Path" leading to the higher life.
- Yok
- No, not.
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