_dhoti_, the cloth garment worn by Hindus.

_Din_, the religious duties of Musalmans; the word is used as their
war-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 thing
expressed by the word to which it is affixed--_competition wallah_ =
candidate; _palki-wallah_ = palki-bearer.

_zamindar_, landowne