Hadji Murad. Leo Tolstoy

      A List of Tartar Words Used in Hadji Murad

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      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.