HADJI MURAD



                   by Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy



                     First Published in 1904

             Translation by Louise and Aylmer Maude



            Distributed by the Tolstoy Library OnLine





           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.