kind of crisp bread made of flour, milk, sugar and butter

researcher, deeply learned, abounding in riches, knowledge and science

teasing, vexation, amorous dalliance, derision, cheerfulness

related to Genghis Khan-allusion, despotic rule, tyranny, brutality, ruthlessness in that tradition

Ismaili, a follower of the Agha Khan

eat

bragging, boasting

arrogance, bragging

sharpness

proud to be a 'Khan'

a fine bright ink named after its inventor Alif Khan

personal bodyguards of a lord or king

diamond-shaped or with diamond-like squares

sleeper with golden embroidery work

feast held in commemoration of Abraham's offering to sacrifice his son Ismail

ox, bull, cow, heifer

a disease in which hunger never ends

gluttony, insatiable hunger