Note 41 — ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES.[38]
Richard Francis Burton translation
In the text “Jatháni” = the wife of an elder brother. Hindostani, like other Eastern languages, is rich in terms for kinship whereof English is so exceptionally poor. Mr. Francis Galtson, in his well-known work “Hereditary Genius,” a misnomer by the by for “Hereditary Talent,” felt this want severely and was at pains to supply it.