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1. aiya, n. View full entry 1913
...In Sri Lanka: an older brother. Hence more generally: any older male relative or acquaintance. Freq. as a form of address. Also as a postmodifier with a proper noun....
2. Anglo, n.3 View full entry ?1943
...Chiefly Indian English. A person of mixed British and Indian descent; = Anglo-Indian2....
3. ashram, n. View full entry 1917
...In India, a place of religious retreat, sanctuary, or hermitage....
4. bindaas, adj. View full entry 1981
...Bold; independent; admired; fashionable....
5. churel, n. View full entry 1901
...In India, the ghost of a woman who has died in child-birth, believed to haunt lonely places malevolently and to spread disease....
6. Dalit, n. View full entry 1948
...In India: a person who does not belong to one of the four Brahminic castes; spec. a member of the scheduled castes, an untouchable. Freq. attrib. Cf. ...
7. doonga, n. View full entry 1905
...A flat-bottomed dug-out with a square sail....
8. eve-teaser, n. View full entry 1960
...A man who sexually harasses a woman in a public place. Cf. eve-teasing...
9. eve-teasing, n. View full entry 1960
...Sexual harassment of a woman by a man in a public place. Cf. eve-teaser...
10. Gramdan, n. View full entry 1957
...In India, (a movement for) the free gift of a village for the benefit of the community. Cf. Bhoodan...
11. hai, int. View full entry 1901
...Expressing astonishment, grief, outrage, regret, or pain: ‘Oh no!’ ‘Oh dear!’...
12. hartal, n. View full entry 1920
...Organized shutting of shops and cessation of business, to serve, usually, as a protest against government legislation or a political situation, or as an act of mourning....
13. Jai Hind, int. View full entry 1948
...In India, a salutation: used in exchange of greetings, at a public meeting, etc....
14. jatha, n. View full entry 1922
...An armed or organized band, spec. of Sikhs....
15. karana, n. View full entry 1936
...One of the 108 basic postures in Indian dance, details of which were set out in the Natya Sastra by the sage Bharata Muni, traditionally after instruction from the god...
16. khal, n. View full entry 1903
...(See quot. 1958.)...
17. kisan, n. View full entry 1935
...In India, a peasant, an agricultural worker....
18. kurta, n. View full entry 1913
...A loose shirt or tunic worn by men and women....
19. mardana, n. View full entry 1940
...In India: that part of a house reserved for the habitation of men, to which women are usually not admitted. Cf. zenana...
20. mixie, n. View full entry 1986
...An electric food processor; a food mixer or blender. Also appositive, as mixie-grinder....
