Ouled Nailn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈuːlɛd ˈnʌɪl/,

/ˈuːlɪd ˈnʌɪl/, U.S.

/ˈulɛd ˈnaɪl/,

/ˈuləd ˈnaɪl/

Inflections: Plural Ouled Nails, unchanged.

Forms: 1800s Oulad Naïl, 1800s– Ouled-Nail, 1900s– Ouled Nail, 1900s– Ouled Naïl, 1900s– Ouled-Naïl. Also with lower-case initials.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French Ouled Naïl.

Etymology: < French Ouled Naïl (1874 or earlier as †Ouled-Nayl) < Maghribi Arabic Ulēd Nā'il, lit. ‘children of Nā'il’, the name of an Algerian Arab people from which many dancing girls originated.

A. n.

1. A member of a nomadic Algerian Arab people now mainly inhabiting a mountainous area of northern Algeria on the edge of the Sahara Desert. Chiefly in unchanged plural.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of North Africa > [noun] > other peoples of North Africa

Tunisinec1670

Maghrebin1687

Maghribi1704

Tunisian1825

goum1845

Ouled Nail1846

1846 Times 21 Sept. 6/1 It is said that the Ouled-Nail and the Djebe-Amour in the Sahara..are preparing a second contest.

1912 E. A. Powell Last Frontier iii. 59 Whereas the geishas of Japan, the nautches of India, and the odalisques of Turkey are but classes, the Ouled-Naïls are a race... The men of the Ouled-Naïl..look upon the lives led by their sisters..with..toleration.

1924 W. M. Sloane Greater France in Afr. iii. 55 The tribe of the Ouled Nail furnishes the troups of dancing beauties.

1960 H. M. Miner & G. De Vos Oasis & Casbah ii. 22 The powerful nomadic tribe of Ouled Naïl..give annual contributions to the venerated Ben Khalifa, who makes regular trips to the mountains to receive these gifts.

1975 ‘P. Loraine’ Ask Rattlesnake i. ii. 53 The Ouled Nails, the North African tribe which trains its women to become whores in the dissolute coastal cities.

1996 B. F. Grimes Ethnologue (ed. 13) 159 The Ouled Nail of Biskra speak Arabic and are ethnically separate.

2. An Algerian Arab woman who works as a dancing girl in the cities of North Africa. Also (occasionally): the dance performed by such a dancing girl.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > dancer generally > [noun] > female > professional > North-African Arab

Ouled Nail1881

1881 A. A. Knox New Playground xiii. 324 Perhaps the less said the better about the dancing women, who are, if I remember right, called ‘oulad naïl’. They inhabit a street apart at Biskra, and come from some distant part of the desert.

1906 M. W. Hilton-Simpson Algiers & Beyond iv. 82 The Ouled Naïls will speak to anyone... Their morality will not bear close investigation.

1914 M. D. Stott Real Algeria ii. 20 Khadava admitted with the most sweet of cynical smiles that it was only to English and Germans that she confessed to being an Ouled Nail—it was found to be more profitable.

1935 C. Beaton Diary in Self Portrait with Friends (1979) v. 40 Tilly has a smouldering, Slavic face. In costume as an ouled naïl, her appearance becomes barbarically fatale.

1986 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 5 Mar. c25/1 The highlights included..the famous ‘Ouled Nail’, provocatively performed.

1999 Middle East Women's Stud. Rev. (Nexis) 13 19 Dancers were a focus of colonial fantasy moral posturing, not surprisingly considering their public occupation. The Ouled Nail of North Africa were slandered in colonial accounts.

B. adj.

Of, relating to, or designating a North African dancing girl or the Algerian Arab people from which most such girls originated.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > dances of other countries > [adjective] > North Africa and the Levant

Ouled Nail1906

Zar1931

1906 M. W. Hilton-Simpson Algiers & Beyond iv. 77 One of the most interesting features..is the cafés maures, in which the Ouled Naïl girls dance.

1956 L. Morgan Flute of Sand v. 82 ‘The psychology of an Ouled Naïl dancing girl,’ a French administrator had told me, ‘is very difficult to understand’.

1973 P. G. Wodehouse Bachelors Anonymous ix. 122 ‘Oh dear. Are you hurt?’ she wailed, and ran to where Mr Trout was pirouetting like an Ouled Nail dancer with his hand to his mouth.

1993 Yale French Stud. 83 103 In some instances,..especially among the Northern tribes such as the Ouled-Nail tribe, female maraboutism is the ultimate repentance for a life of prostitution.

1999 Observer (Nexis) 17 Oct. (Review section) 1 The Ouled-Nail dancers imitate with their fingers the shape of this flower.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ouled nail
释义	Ouled Nailn.adj. Brit. /ˈuːlɛd ˈnʌɪl/, /ˈuːlɪd ˈnʌɪl/, U.S. /ˈulɛd ˈnaɪl/, /ˈuləd ˈnaɪl/ Inflections: Plural Ouled Nails, unchanged. Forms: 1800s Oulad Naïl, 1800s– Ouled-Nail, 1900s– Ouled Nail, 1900s– Ouled Naïl, 1900s– Ouled-Naïl. Also with lower-case initials. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French Ouled Naïl. Etymology: < French Ouled Naïl (1874 or earlier as †Ouled-Nayl) < Maghribi Arabic Ulēd Nā'il, lit. ‘children of Nā'il’, the name of an Algerian Arab people from which many dancing girls originated. A. n. 1. A member of a nomadic Algerian Arab people now mainly inhabiting a mountainous area of northern Algeria on the edge of the Sahara Desert. Chiefly in unchanged plural. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of North Africa > [noun] > other peoples of North Africa Tunisinec1670 Maghrebin1687 Maghribi1704 Tunisian1825 goum1845 Ouled Nail1846 1846 Times 21 Sept. 6/1 It is said that the Ouled-Nail and the Djebe-Amour in the Sahara..are preparing a second contest. 1912 E. A. Powell Last Frontier iii. 59 Whereas the geishas of Japan, the nautches of India, and the odalisques of Turkey are but classes, the Ouled-Naïls are a race... The men of the Ouled-Naïl..look upon the lives led by their sisters..with..toleration. 1924 W. M. Sloane Greater France in Afr. iii. 55 The tribe of the Ouled Nail furnishes the troups of dancing beauties. 1960 H. M. Miner & G. De Vos Oasis & Casbah ii. 22 The powerful nomadic tribe of Ouled Naïl..give annual contributions to the venerated Ben Khalifa, who makes regular trips to the mountains to receive these gifts. 1975 ‘P. Loraine’ Ask Rattlesnake i. ii. 53 The Ouled Nails, the North African tribe which trains its women to become whores in the dissolute coastal cities. 1996 B. F. Grimes Ethnologue (ed. 13) 159 The Ouled Nail of Biskra speak Arabic and are ethnically separate. 2. An Algerian Arab woman who works as a dancing girl in the cities of North Africa. Also (occasionally): the dance performed by such a dancing girl. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > dancer generally > [noun] > female > professional > North-African Arab Ouled Nail1881 1881 A. A. Knox New Playground xiii. 324 Perhaps the less said the better about the dancing women, who are, if I remember right, called ‘oulad naïl’. They inhabit a street apart at Biskra, and come from some distant part of the desert. 1906 M. W. Hilton-Simpson Algiers & Beyond iv. 82 The Ouled Naïls will speak to anyone... Their morality will not bear close investigation. 1914 M. D. Stott Real Algeria ii. 20 Khadava admitted with the most sweet of cynical smiles that it was only to English and Germans that she confessed to being an Ouled Nail—it was found to be more profitable. 1935 C. Beaton Diary in Self Portrait with Friends (1979) v. 40 Tilly has a smouldering, Slavic face. In costume as an ouled naïl, her appearance becomes barbarically fatale. 1986 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 5 Mar. c25/1 The highlights included..the famous ‘Ouled Nail’, provocatively performed. 1999 Middle East Women's Stud. Rev. (Nexis) 13 19 Dancers were a focus of colonial fantasy moral posturing, not surprisingly considering their public occupation. The Ouled Nail of North Africa were slandered in colonial accounts. B. adj. Of, relating to, or designating a North African dancing girl or the Algerian Arab people from which most such girls originated. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > dances of other countries > [adjective] > North Africa and the Levant Ouled Nail1906 Zar1931 1906 M. W. Hilton-Simpson Algiers & Beyond iv. 77 One of the most interesting features..is the cafés maures, in which the Ouled Naïl girls dance. 1956 L. Morgan Flute of Sand v. 82 ‘The psychology of an Ouled Naïl dancing girl,’ a French administrator had told me, ‘is very difficult to understand’. 1973 P. G. Wodehouse Bachelors Anonymous ix. 122 ‘Oh dear. Are you hurt?’ she wailed, and ran to where Mr Trout was pirouetting like an Ouled Nail dancer with his hand to his mouth. 1993 Yale French Stud. 83 103 In some instances,..especially among the Northern tribes such as the Ouled-Nail tribe, female maraboutism is the ultimate repentance for a life of prostitution. 1999 Observer (Nexis) 17 Oct. (Review section) 1 The Ouled-Nail dancers imitate with their fingers the shape of this flower. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1846
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