Note 218 — THE LOVES OF AL-HAYFA AND YUSUF.[177]
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
The “Sá’ah,” I may here remark, is the German Stunde, our old “Stound,” somewhat indefinite but meaning to the good Moslem the spaces between prayer times. The classical terms, Al-Zuhà (undurn-hour, or before noon) and Maghrib = set of sun, become in Badawi speech Al-Ghaylah = siesta-time and Ghaybat al-Shams. (Doughty, index.)