Note 216 — TURKISH LITERATURE (continued 3)
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Huma, name of a mythical bird, a kind of Phoenix, which, as the legend says, lives in the air and never touches the earth, and is held to be a good omen. Thus, for instance, any one who has been overshadowed by this bird is destined to be a ruler. Hence the word Humayun, i.e., "Imperial," an epithet applied to royal persons.