Note 242 — THE TALE OF THE WARLOCK AND THE YOUNG COOK OF BAGHDAD.

In text “Hawánít,” plur. of “Hanút” = the shop or vault of a vintner, pop. derived from the Persian Kháneh; but it appears to be another form of حانوت Heb. חנות Syr. ܗܰܢܘܽܬܐܰ. In Jer. xxvii. 16, where the A. V. has “When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon and into the cabins,” read “underground vaults,” cells or cellars where wine was sold. “Hanút” also means either the vintner or the vintner’s shop. The derivation from حين because it ruins man’s property and wounds his honour is the jeu d’esprit of a moralising grammarian. Chenery’s Al-Hariri, p. 377.