Ziraleet

[Arabic; cf. zaghrata, zaghlata to utter the cries of joy called zaghrūta^h or zaghrīta^h, pl. zaghārīt (Dozy).] (See quot. 1794.)

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1794. A. Russell’s Aleppo (ed. 2), I. 382. The Ziraleet, or Zilroota [Arabic] (as written by a native of Aleppo) is the common manner of a company of women expressing joy, or any sudden exultation. The words expressed are Lillé, Lillé, Lillé, repeated as often as the person can do at one breath.

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1817. Moore, Lalla R., Veiled Prophet, III. ix. And light your shrines and chaunt your ziraleets.

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[In N. & Q., Ser. VI. VI. 268. ‘A lark’s ziraleet’ is said to be used by Longfellow.]

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