"Street Magic" - читать интересную книгу автора (Pierce Tamora)

Glossary

Amir — prince, ruler of Chammur

Belbun — Chammuran term for four-legged rat

Bindi — paint, metal, or jewel placed between the eyebrows

Bunjingi — miniature tree form in which trunk is long, with a few branches balanced at the upper end

Cham — large sum coin in Chammur; silver equals twenty copper davs; gold cham equals twenty silver chams

Chammur Newtown — section of the city built on the open ground between the heights and the Qarwan River, colonized first by the wealthy, then the middle class

Chammur Oldtown — most ancient part of the city, the apartments and buildings in and on the heights, slum dwellings now except for the amir’s palace and Fortress Rock

Dav — copper is smallest coin in Chammur; silver dav equals three copper davs

Doa — daughter of (noble house only)

Doen — son of (noble house only)

Eknub — foreigner

Hammam — bathhouse

Hedax — rank similar to lieutenant

Lailan — Chammuran goddess of water, mercy, healing

Mohun — Chammuran god of silence, stone, dark and secret places

Mohunite — completely veiled follower of Mohun (both sexes)

Mutabir — head of law enforcement and courts in Chammur

Pahan — teacher, mage

Shaihun — Chammuran god of desert, winds, sandstorms, serious mischief and destruction

Shakkan — miniature tree form like an elongated S pointing to right of viewer

Souk — market

takamer (m), takameri (f) — rich person

tesku — leader of a street gang

thukdak — Chammuran slang for street rat

zernamus — parasite like a tick, one that survives by living off the rich