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‖ rafik|raˈfik|
Also raffik, rafiq.
[ad. Arab. rafīḳ.]
In Arabia: a companion or escort (see quot. 1920).
1856R. F. Burton Pers. Narr. Pilgrimage to El-Medinah III. 84 The payment of a small sum secures..a ‘Rafik’, and this ‘friend’, after once engaging in the task, will be faithful. 1888C. M. Doughty Trav. Arabia Deserta I. viii. 235 The Arabian rafîk, often an enemy, is a paid brother-of-the-road, that for a modest fee takes upon him to quit the convoy from all hostile question and encounter of his own tribesmen. 1911T. E. Lawrence Let. 18 June (1954) 170 ‘Am I not your friend, your raffik?’ said the zaptieh. 1913G. Bell Let. 20 Dec. (1927) I. xiii. 314 We have a Rafiq, a comrade of the Ghiyatah with us—we fetched him from Dumeir to stand surety for us if we met his tribe. 1920Handbk. of Arabia (Admiralty) I. 21 The one thing needful is a rafīq, i.e. a companion derived from the tribe through whose range one must pass, or from some tribe allied with it or authorized to share its range. |