Note 35 — THE STORY OF THE THREE SHARPERS.[17]
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
Arab. “Mubattat” from batt = a duck: in Persia the Batt-i-May is a wine glass shaped like the duck. Scott (vi. 12) translates “thick and longish.”
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
Arab. “Mubattat” from batt = a duck: in Persia the Batt-i-May is a wine glass shaped like the duck. Scott (vi. 12) translates “thick and longish.”