Note 284 — ARDASHIR AND HAYAT AL-NUFUS.[261]
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
i.e. fresh from water (Arab. “Rutub”), before the air can tarnish them. The pearl (margarita) in Arab is Lulu’; the “Union” or large pearl Durr, plur. Durar. In modern parlance Durr is the second quality of the twelve into which pearls are divided.