An Anglo-Indian Dictionary: A Glossary of Indian Terms Used in English, and of Such English Or Other Non-Indian Terms as Have Obtained Special Meanings in India |
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An Anglo-Indian Dictionary: A Glossary of Indian Terms Used in English and ... George Clifford Whitworth No preview available - 1976 |
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aboriginal Afghán agricultural caste applied Arabic Behar Bengali Bhils Bombay Bráhmans branch Buddhists Burmese called century ceremony chief chiefly clan cloth commonly Corrupt form crop cultivators Cutch Deccan denote descendants district division Dravidian dynasty Edition English especially festival formerly grain Gujaráti Gujaráti form guru H. H. Wilson head headman hereditary hill Hindi Hindu Hinduism Hindustáni holder Holeyas inám India islám Jains janeo Kanarese Khán Konkan Krishna Kshatriya Kuruba labourers land language low caste Madras Malayálam Maráthi ment Mogul month moon Muhammad Muhammadan Mysore nakshatra native Nepál officer origin Orissa Panjabi Pársis Pashto Persian Persian dár persons priest Provinces race rájá Rájputs Ráma revenue rice ruler ryot sacred Śaiwas Sanskrit sect servants settled Shiah Sikh Sindh Śiwa skrit Small crown 8vo sometimes subdivision Śudra Sunni Musalmáns táluká Tamil Telugu temple term trade tree tribe Uriya usually Vaishnawas veda vernacular village Vishnu word worship zamindár
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