GLOSSARY.
Reading edition · Edition 2
Bél, a fruit; Ægle marmelos.
Bulbul, a kind of nightingale.
Chaprásí, a messenger wearing a badge (chaprás).
Cooly (Tamil kúli), a labourer in the fields; also a porter.
Dál, a kind of pulse; Phaseolus aureus, according to Wilson; Paspalum frumentaceum, according to Forbes.
Dom (the d is lingual), a low-caste Hindú.
Fakír, a Muhammadan religious mendicant.
Ghee (ghí), butter boiled and then set to cool.
Kází, a Muhammadan Judge.
Kotwál, the chief police officer in a town.
Líchí, a fruit; Scytalia litchi, Roxb.
Mahárájá (properly Maháráj), literally great king.
Mahárání, literally great queen.
Mainá, a kind of starling.
Maund (man), a measure of weight, about 87 lb.
Mohur (muhar), a gold coin worth 16 rupees.
Nautch (nátya), a union of song, dance, and instrumental music.
Pálkí, a palanquin.
Pice (paisa), a small copper coin.
Pilau, a dish made of either chicken or mutton, and rice.
Rájá, a king.
Rakshas, a kind of demon that eats men and beasts.
Rání, a queen.
Rohú, a kind of big fish.
Rupee (rúpíya), a silver coin, now worth about twenty pence.
Ryot (ràíyat), a cultivator.
Sarai, a walled enclosure containing small houses for the use of travellers.
Sárí, a long piece of stuff which Hindú women wind round the body as a petticoat, passing one end over the head.
Sepoy (sipáhí), a soldier.
Wazír, prime minister.
Yogí, a Hindú religious mendicant.
