Glossary of non-English words
Bektaşi
beck-tuh-shee; dervish order in which women have equality in worship
Bugarski Goran
Bulgarian shepherd (breed of dog)
caïque
ka-eek; shallow-drafted vessel, powered by banks of oars
camekan
ja-muh-kahn; rest and refreshment area at the hamam
çarşi
char-shee; market comprising small streets lined with shops
dervish
an Islamic mystic
destur
make way
djinn
pronounced like the English word gin; genie, spirit
dolman
long robe opening in front, with narrow sleeves
hamam
ha-mahm; Turkish bathhouse
han
traders’ building incorporating market area, storage for goods, and merchants’ accommodation
haremlik
women’s quarters
imam
ee-mahm; Islamic prayer leader
kyria
kee-ree-a; polite Greek form of address for a woman
mahalle
ma-hahl-luh; district or quarter
medrese
muh-dra-suh; Muslim religious school, usually associated with and situated near a mosque
muezzin
mweh-zin; person who gives the call to prayer
Mufti
moof-tee; authority on Islamic religious law. The Sheikh-ul-Islam was Mufti of Istanbul and the Sultan’s principal authority on matters of religion and religious law
peri
Turkish fairy woman
peştamal
pesh-tuh-mahl; cloth used to cover the body while at the hamam
tulum
traditional musical instrument, similar to a bagpipe
Stea de Mare
steh-uh duh mah-reh; starfish (sea star)
Esperança
Eh-spuh-rahn-tsa; hope
Places
Aya Sofia
eye-uh so-fee-uh; Istanbul’s most famous monument, a church built by the emperor Justinian and converted under Ottoman rulers to a mosque
Bosphorus
strait linking the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara, separates Istanbul into western (European) and eastern (Asian) parts
Braşov
bra-shove; major trading town in Transylvania
Constan
kahn-stahn-tsa; trading port on the west coast of the Black Sea; loading point for overland travel through Transylvania
Galata
district of Istanbul, situated on the eastern side of the Golden Horn and populated mostly by foreign merchants
Golden Horn
broad horn-shaped inlet separating western Istanbul into two sections; main docks located here
Rumeli Hisari
roo-muh-luh hih-sa-ruh; fortress built by Mehmet the Conqueror at the narrowest point of the Bosphorus
Samarkand
city on the caravan route from Anatolia to the East
Tabriz
city on the caravan route from Anatolia to the East
Topkapi Palace
tahp-ka-puh; main residence of the Sultan’s household in Istanbul
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Marillier, Juliet.
Cybele’s secret/Juliet Marillier.—1st ed.
p. cm.
Summary: Scholarly eighteen-year-old Paula and her merchant father journey from Transylvania to Istanbul to buy an ancient pagan artifact rumored to be charmed, but others, including a handsome Portuguese pirate and an envoy from the magical Wildwood, want to acquire the item as well.
eISBN: 978-0-375-89143-4
[1. Antiquities—Fiction. 2. Fathers and daughters—Fiction. 3. Merchants—Fiction. 4. Pirates—Fiction. 5. Supernatural—Fiction. 6. Magic—Fiction. 7. Cults—Fiction. 8. Sisters—Fiction. 9. Istanbul (Turkey)—History—Fiction. 10. Turkey—History—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.M33856Cyb 2008
[Fic]—dc22
2008004758
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