Note 234 — KHALIFAH THE FISHERMAN OF BAGHDAD.
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
Arab. “Yá Shukayr,” from Shakar, being red (clay etc.): Shukár is an anemone or a tulip and Shukayr is its dim. form. Lane’s Shaykh made it a dim. of “Ashkar” = tawny, ruddy (of complexion), so the former writes, “O Shukeyr.” Mr. Payne prefers “O Rosy cheeks.”