GLOSSARY
The vowels are pronounced (approximately) as in German. The accentindicates a long vowel.
_almirah_, cupboard.
_ayah_, nurse, lady's-maid.
_badmash_, bad character, hooligan.
_bakr-id_, Mohammedan festival in honour of Abraham's intended sacrificeof Ishmael (not Isaac, as in the Bible story).
_bang_, or _bhang_, an intoxicating drink.
_banijara_, trader.
_bariya_, swordgrinder.
_bas_, enough.
_bazar_, market-place.
_begam_, lady of rank (Musalman).
_bhatiyara_, innkeeper.
_bhisti_, water-carrier.
_chapati_, thin unleavened cake.
_chaprasi_, messenger.
_charpoy_, bedstead.
_chit_, note.
_chogah_, sleeveless cloak of camel's hair.
_chup_, silence!
_dafadar_, sergeant of cavalry (native).
_darbar_, king's court, levee.
_darwan_, doorkeeper.
_dasturi_, commission.
_dhoti_, the cloth garment worn by Hindus.
_Din_, the religious duties of Musalmans; the word is used as theirwar-cry in fighting against infidels.
_dooli_, a swinging litter.
_eo_, hail!
_fakir_, Mohammedan religious mendicant.
_Feringhi_, European.
_gala_, throat.
_ghi_, clarified butter.
_Gujars_, a tribe of robbers.
_hakim_, doctor.
_hazur_, lord.
_hilo mat_, don't move.
_jaldi karo_, quickly do; hurry up.
_jamadar_, lieutenant of cavalry (native).
_jasail_, Pathan musket.
_-ji_, affix implying affection = dear.
_jin_, spirit, goblin.
_kafir_, unbeliever.
_kala pani_, black water, the sea.
_kasid_, courier.
_khabar_, news.
_Khan_, prince; a title commonly added to Pathan names.
_khansaman_, butler, head servant.
_khitmutgar_, table servant.
_koss_, about two miles.
_kotwal_, chief of the police; _kotwali_, police head-quarters.
_lakh_, 100,000.
_lathi_, stick, club; _lathi-wallah_, man armed with a club.
_lotah_, brass pot.
_madi_, toddy extracted from the cocoa-palm.
_maulavi_, learned Musalman and spiritual guide.
_mirza_, prefixed to Mogul names = prince.
_mlecha_, or _mlechchha_, foreigner.
_mullah_, official who leads the prayers in a mosque.
_munshi_, writer, secretary.
_naik_, corporal.
_nassar_, or _nazar_, offering by an inferior to a superior.
_pagri_, turban.
_palki_, palanquin, closed carriage borne on poles.
_Pathan_, Afghan, whether in Afghanistan or immigrant in India.
_Peshwa_, prime minister and actual sovereign of the Maratha kingdom.
_pice_, copper coin = quarter anna = about one farthing.
_pulao_, a savoury stew.
_Purbiya_, man from Eastern Bengal.
_raj_, rule.
_risaldar_, officer commanding troop of horse.
_ryot_, peasant.
_sahib-log_, the sahib people = British.
_sais_, groom.
_sarban_, camel-driver.
_sayid_, descendant of Ali, son-in-law of Mahomet.
_serai_, inn.
_shigram_, carriage.
_shikari_, hunter.
_Shiva_, third person of the Hindu trinity.
_shroff_, banker.
_sirkar_, or _sarkar_, government.
_sowar_, or _sawar_, trooper.
_suar ka bachcha_, son of a pig.
_subahdar_, high officer.
_talwar_, sword.
_tamasha_, entertainment, jollification.
_wallah_, an affix denoting a person closely connected with the thingexpressed by the word to which it is affixed--_competition wallah_ =candidate; _palki-wallah_ = palki-bearer.
_zamindar_, landowner.
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