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1. ˈcalender, n.2 View full entry 1638
...A member of a mendicant order of dervishes in Turkey and Persia (modern Iran)....
2. chenar, n. View full entry 1638
...The Persian name of the Oriental Plane-tree; also, timber from this....
3. daroga | darogha, n. View full entry 1638
...A governor, superintendent, chief officer, head of police or excise. Under the Mongols, the Governor of a province or city, but in later times gradually degraded....
4. dinar, n. View full entry 1634
...A name given to various oriental coins: applied anciently to a gold coin, corresponding to the Byzantine denarius auri, or crown of gold, and to the gold mohr of later...
5. hakeem | hakim, n. View full entry 1638
...A physician or doctor, in Muslim countries and in India....
6. harem | haram, n. View full entry 1634
...The part of a Muslim dwelling-house appropriated to the women, constructed so as to secure the utmost seclusion and privacy; called also seraglio, and in Persia (now Iran) and India...
7. Hobson-Jobson, n. View full entry 1634
...Anglicized form of the repeated wailings and cries of Muslims as they beat their breasts in the Muharram procession; hence this festal ceremony. Also transf....
8. hummum, n. View full entry 1634
...An Oriental bathing establishment; a Turkish bath; a hammam...
9. minar, n. View full entry 1665
...In South and East Asia: a tower or turret. Also: a lighthouse. Cf. minaret...
10. Shaitan, n. View full entry 1638
...The Devil, Satan; an evil spirit....
11. shamsheer, n. View full entry 1634
...= scimitar1....
