All the words in Michael Chabon's GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD I had to look up (not incl. placenames—kind of—or the Afterword)

by ASH Smyth
June 2023

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myna

shatranj

bambakion

croup

Svan

Mehr

Varangian

tarpan

fleam

peridot

dekarch

Avars

mezair

capriole

dudeen

affiant

sharab

tripod

kagan

Arsiyah

Jumuah

khan

chess grass

rebab

queues

nicker

Pecheneg

bekun

tur

babaghuq

Sorb

Radanites

excelsior

locust tree

bandon

bartizan

sukkah

ger

alfil

sorrel

qof

involute

tarkhan

Ibn Khordadbeh

Wendish

attar

kender

springhouse

pouf

javshigar

scale-mail

viks

tenoned

wisents

Dede Korkut

Chorpan

termagant

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