Note 58 — KING JALI’AD OF HIND AND HIS WAZIR SHIMAS; FOLLOWED BY THE HISTORY OF KING WIRD KHAN, SON OF KING JALI’AD, WITH HIS WOMEN AND WAZIRS.[55]
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
Arab. “Khafz al-jináh” drooping the wing as a brooding bird. In the Koran (lvii. 88) “lowering the wing” = demeaning oneself gently.