Note 68 — ALAEDDIN; OR, THE WONDERFUL LAMP.
Richard Francis Burton translation
Arab. “’Abadan,” a term much used in this MS. and used correctly. It refers always and only to future time, past being denoted by “Kattu” from Katta = he cut (in breadth, as opposed to Kadda = he cut lengthwise). See De Sacy, Chrestom. ii. 443.