Note 476 — ALI NUR AL-DIN AND MIRIAM THE GIRDLE-GIRL.[376]
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
Arab. “Surayyá” in Dictionaries a dim. of Sarwá = moderately rich. It may either denote abundance of rain or a number of stars forming a constellation. Hence in Job (xxxviii. 31) it is called a heap (kímah).