Note 144 — Terminal Essay.
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
Called “Afsánah” by Al-Mas’udi, both words having the same sense = tale, story, parable, “facetiæ.” Moslem fanaticism renders it by the Arab. “Khuráfah” = silly fables, and in Hindostan it = a jest:—“Bát-kí bát; khurafát-ki khurafát (a word for a word, a joke for a joke.)