Note 335 — HISTORY OF GHARIB AND HIS BROTHER AJIB.[312]
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
Arab. “Kutá’ah”: lit. a bit cut off, fragment, nail-paring, and here un diminutif. I have described this scene in Pilgrimage iii. 68. Latro often says, “Thy gear is wanted by the daughter of my paternal uncle” (wife), and thus parades his politeness by asking in a lady’s name.