 | John Lewis Burckhardt - Bedouins - 1831 - 412 pages
...age of four months swallows it in copious draughts. A name is given to the infant immediately on his birth. The name is derived from some trifling accident,...child's birth. Thus, if the dog happened to be near on this occasion, the infant is probably named Kelab (from kelb, a dog) ; or if the delivery should have... | |
 | Bible - 1836 - 710 pages
...the attention of the mother or the women present at the child's birth. " Thus," says Burckhardt, •' if the dog happened to be near on the occasion, the infant is probably named Kflab (from kelb, a dog)." It is very probable that the name of Caleb — the celebrated Israelite... | |
 | 1840 - 664 pages
...Arabs. Speaking of the Bcdawees, Burckhardt says, " A name Is given to the infant immediately on his birth. The name is derived from some trifling accident,...child's birth. Thus, If the dog happened to be near on this occasioa, the Infant is probably named ' Kilab,' from ' Kelb ' a dog," of which it is the plural.... | |
 | 1840 - 662 pages
...Arabs. Speaking of the Bedawees, Burckhardt says, " A name is given to the infant immediately on his birth. The name is derived from some trifling accident,...child's birth. Thus, if the dog happened to be near on this occasion, the infant is probably named ' Kilab,' from ' Kelb' a dog," of which it i» the plural.... | |
 | Christian education - 1847 - 720 pages
...immediately on his birth. The name is derived from some trifling incident, or from some object which has struck the fancy of the mother, or any of the women present at the child's birth. Sometimes a name is changed several times in the course of a lifetime ; but this alteration is made... | |
 | John Kitto - Bible - 1855 - 676 pages
...the attention of the mother or the women present at the child's birth. ' Thus,' says Burckhardt, ' meses, as Pharaoh had commanded. 12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, a helb, a dog).' It is very probable that the name of Caleb — the celebrated Israelite who alone (with... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - Sociology - 1877 - 850 pages
...immediately on his birth. The name is derived from some trifling accident, or from some object which has struck the fancy of the mother or any of the women...child's birth. Thus, if the dog happened to be near on this occasion, the infant is probably named Kelab (from Kelb, a dog) ." This vague mode of identification,... | |
 | Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland - Asia - 1879 - 550 pages
...Thousand and One Nights," which mav be accepted as a picture of Arab manners during the later Khalifs, we have repeated instances of names conferred on infants...the name given to the boy is perhaps Dhouyhhy (from Dhohhd), Except Mohammed, which is not uncommon, true Muselman names, such as Hassan, Aly, Mustafa,... | |
 | Biography - 1880 - 812 pages
...its birth. The nam ; is derived from some trifling accident, or from some object which had struck tue fancy of the mother or any of the women present at the child's birth. (Notes on the Bedouins, vol. i , p. 97). — S. I All authorities agree that Mohammed was born on a... | |
 | 1883 - 966 pages
...from some object which had struck the fancy of the mother, or any of the women preaent at the child'a birth. Thus, if the dog happened to be near on the...named Kelab (from kelb, a dog) ; or if the delivery ahould have been protracted during the night until daybreak, the name given to the boy is perhaps Dhouyhhy... | |
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A name is given to an infant immediately on its birth. The name is derived from some trifling accident, or from some object which had struck the fancy of the mother, or any of the women present at the child's birth. Thus, if the dog happened to be near... 