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by Herbert Strang


  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.

  THE BOY'S NEW LIBRARY

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