Note 69 — THE SAY OF HAYKAR THE SAGE.[6]
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
“Khabata” = “He (the camel) pawed the ground.” The prim. sig. is to beat, secondly, it is applied to a purblind camel which beats or strikes the ground and so stumbles, or to him who bashes a tree for its leaves; and lastly to him who gets alms by begging. See Chenery’s Al-Hariri, p. 447.