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1. abhisheka, n. View full entry 1834
...In India: any of various ceremonies involving a ritual washing or anointing. ...
2. aiyo, int. View full entry 1886
...In southern India and Sri Lanka, expressing distress, regret, or grief; ‘Oh no!’, ‘Oh dear!’...
3. akhara, n. View full entry 1832
...In India: a wrestling ring or pit; a gymnasium or outdoor exercise area....
4. Anglo-Vernacular, adj. View full entry 1841
...Designating an Indian school in which teaching is conducted in both English and Indian languages....
5. ankus, n. View full entry 1886
...In India, an elephant-goad. Also attrib....
6. atta, n. View full entry 1860
...Wheaten flour or meal....
7. bhoosa, n. View full entry 1829
...Husks and broken straw, used as food for cattle. Also attrib....
8. bobachee, n. View full entry 1810
...A male cook....
9. bobbery, adj. View full entry 1873
...Of a pack of hounds: miscellaneous in breed or quality. Also more widely: poor, of indifferent quality, ‘scratch’. See also quot. 1934....
10. boh, n. View full entry 1888
...A chief or leader of dacoits....
11. ˈbuggalow, n. View full entry 1842
...‘A name commonly given on the W. coast of India to Arab vessels of the old native form’ (Yule)....
12. bund, n.1 View full entry 1813
...In India: ‘Any artificial embankment, a dam, dyke, or causeway.’ In the Anglo-Chinese ports, ‘applied specially to the embanked quay along the shore’. (Col. Yule.)...
13. bundook, n. View full entry 1886
...A musket or matchlock; a rifle....
14. bungy, n. View full entry 1823
...In Mumbai (formerly Bombay): a member of the low caste of sweepers....
15. burra sahib, n. View full entry c1810
...A title of respect used by Indians in referring to the head of a family, the chief officer in a station, the head of a department, etc. Also transf....
16. campoo, n. View full entry 1803
...‘Used for “a camp”, but formerly specifically applied to the partially disciplined brigades under European commanders in the Mahratta service’ (Yule)....
17. carcoon, n. View full entry 1803
...A clerk....
18. chabutra, n. View full entry 1827
...‘A paved or plastered terrace or platform, often attached to a house, or in a garden’ (Yule)....
19. chappow, n. View full entry 1860
...A plundering expedition, a raid....
20. charpoy, n. View full entry 1844
...The common light Indian bedstead....
