– al-ghāyah: spelled with the letter ghayn, then alif, followed by a yāʾ with two dots beneath, and ending with a feminine tāʾ. The ghāyah of anything is its ultimate end or limit. Its plurals are ghāy and ghāyāt. In the context of a racecourse, al-ghāyah refers to the distance of the track from the racers’ starting line to its finish.