utba

Updated: June 16, 2025

This actual throwing of eyes occurs in the folk-tales of Europe generally. There can be no such name as Xailoun in Arabic; that of the noodle's wife, Oitba, may be intended for "Utba."

W. A. (William Alexander) Clouston - The Book of Noodles : Stories of Simpletons; or, Fools and Their Follies