Note 347 — MASRUR AND ZAYN AL-MAWASIF.[307]
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
Arab. “Ishárah” in classical Arab. signs with the finger (beckoning); Aumá, with the hand; Ramz, with the lips; Khalaj, with the eyelids (wink); and Ghamz, with the eye. Aumáz is a furtive glance, especially of women, and Ilház, a side-glance from lahaza, limis oculis intuitus est. See Preston’s Al-Hariri, p. 181.