I was reading this article
And apart from the Mufti’s expression reminding me of Buster Keaton, this phrase struck me:-
Wanting to know more about these words I Googled away, but all I got was the same article and its syndicated clones (would that make them “hapax legomena” Googlewise?).
Assuming that Ol’ Stoneface hadn’t just made these words up, I’m guessing that the spelling got mangled from the original Arabic script (I’m assuming, again)
Anyone have more Googleworthy spellings? Or a more expansive explanation of the ideas behind them?