Note 39 — Chapter IV
Reading edition
Syt, (in Arabic سَيت) signifies Dame, in the acceptation of a high-born lady; Sytty, Madam; the ty being the pronoun affixed, my. This was the title generally given to Lady Hester by the servants: dyn es Syt therefore means Madam’s religion. Sometimes, however, they would address her as Her Felicity, Sáadet-es-Syt, and visitors generally used that term.