Note 422 — KAMAR AL-ZAMAN AND THE JEWELLER’S WIFE.[375]

Arab. “’Amal” = action, operation. In Hindostani it is used (often with an Alif for an Ayn) as intoxication e.g. Amal pání strong waters and applied to Sharáb (wine), Bozah (Beer), Tádí (toddy or the fermented juice of the Tád, Borassus flabelliformis), Naryáli (juice of the cocoa-nut tree), Saynddi (of the wild date, Elate Sylvestris), Afyún (opium and its preparations as post = poppy seeds) and various forms of Cannabis Sativa, as Ganja, Charas, Madad, Sabzi etc. for which see Herklots’ Glossary.