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Appendix 'C' (contd.).
Sanduq (Ar.)


- "Box".

Sanduq el Umma.

(Ar.) - "Coffer of the Nation". Fund collected by Arabs to purchase land and so prevent its purchase by J cws.

Sanjaq (Turkish) - Mutesarrifiya or Liwa (Ar.). Sub-division of

Turkish province (vilayet). A District under the British administration. Further subdivided into Kadas, Qadas, or Cazas (Ar.).

Sephardi (pl. Sephardim) (H.) -- A Jew from Southern Europe or Turkey whose language was originally Spanish or Portuguese. Now enlarged to include Oriental Jews speaking Arabic or other Asiatic languages.

See footnote on page 916.

- "Peace" (a greet.ing s-Hindustani Salaam).

- A man whose hair is turning white; an elder;

applied and refers to male aged over 40 or 50 years; tribal leader j courtesy title given to Moslem rel ig ioua personages or to a man in late middle life.

Sukot (H.) Suq (Ar.) Tamurgi (Ar.) Tapu or Tahu

(Turkish) - "Land Registry".

Tasarruf* (Ar.) - "Right of disposal".

Tav Magen (H.) - Tax imposed by Va'ad

social welfare.

Tel (H.): Tell

(Ar.) -- "Mound"; "hill".

Shalom (H.) Sheikh (Ar.)

Shekhuna (H.) Shemen (H.) Shevu'ot (H.) Shrkhun (H.) Sole! Boneh (H.) Stern Group

"Quarter of a town". "Oil".

"Feast of Pentecost".

- "Housing society".

- Contracting agency of the Histadrut.

- Terrorist group founded by the late Abraham

Stern, now often called Lehi. - "Feast of Tabernacles".

Market; "bazaar"; "shopping quar ter". "Trained hospital attendant".

Leumi for purposes of

Tel Hai (H.) - "Living mound". A settlement in Upper

Galilee famous for its defence by Trumpeldor in 1920.

Tibben, Tibn (Ar.) - "Chopped stubble or hay"; "fodder".

Tish'a Be-av (H.) -- - Ninth of Av - day of fasting and mourning; anniversary of the destruction of the Temple.

Tnuva (H.) -- "Produce11: agricultural producers co-opera-

tive marketing organization.

Tora (H.) - "The Mosaic Law".

Umma (Ar.) - "Nation".

Va'ad Hapo'el (H.) - "Executive Committee", particularly that of the Histadrut.

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* See section 1 of chapter VIII.

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