Word for the Day -- Izzat

"Izzat" is a Hindi term, taken ultimately from Arabic, meaning (variously) "honor" or "dignity," or in some cases "prestige."

As Kipling says, in William the Conquerer,
'Scott spoke forcefully to Faiz Ullah and the two policemen, and bade them capture goats where they could find them.  This they most joyfully did, for it was a recreation, and many ownerless goats were driven in.  Once fed, the poor brutes were willing enough to follow the carts, and a few days' good food- food such as human beings died for lack of- set them in milk again.
'But I am no goatherd,' said Faiz Ullah. 'It is against my izzat.'
'When we cross the Bias River again we will talk of izzat,' Scott replied. 'Till that day thou and the policemen shall be sweepers to the camp, if I give the order.'"

So there you go.  And next time someone asks you, "What izzat?", you'll know!