Note 381 — THE TALE OF THE KAZI AND THE BHANG-EATER.[224] (continued 3)

Arab. “Al-Kuhná,” plur. of “Káhin’t” = diviner, priest (non-Levitical): see “Cohen,” ii. 221. [The form is rather curious. The Dictionaries quote “Kuhná” as a Syriac singular, but here it seems to be taken as a plural of the measure “fu’alá” (Kuhaná), like Umará of Amír or Shu’ará of Shá’ir. The usual plurals of Káhin are Kahanah and Kuhhán.—St.]