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1. aal, n. View full entry 1799
...The noni or Indian mulberry, Morinda citrifolia. Also: the reddish dye obtained from this plant, used (esp. formerly) in India to colour cotton fabrics. Cf. Morinda...
2. achkan, n. View full entry 1911
...In parts of South Asia: a light, close-fitting knee-length jacket buttoned at the front, traditionally worn by men....
3. ambari, n. View full entry 1855
...The fibre of an Indian plant, Hibiscus cannabinus, used for making ropes and coarse cloth; brown Indian hemp (also ambari hemp); the plant itself....
4. anna, n.1 View full entry 1727
...An East Indian denomination of money; the 16th part of a rupee....
5. bangle, n. View full entry 1787
...A ring-bracelet or anklet....
6. burka, n.1 View full entry 1836
...A long enveloping garment worn in public places by Muslim women to screen them from the view of men and strangers....
7. cash, n.2 View full entry 1598
...A name applied by Europeans to various coins of low value in the East Indies and China....
8. chador, n. View full entry 1614
...Originally: a cloth spread over a Muslim tomb. Later: a large piece of material worn as a long shawl or cloak by Muslim women, and sometimes by Hindu or other women, esp....
9. chamar, n. View full entry 1858
...A member of an exterior Hindu caste whose occupation is leather-working; a worker in leather, a tanner, shoemaker. Also, in northern and central India, an agricultural labourer....
10. champ, n.3 View full entry 1830
...The timber of the Champac tree (Michelia champaca) in its varieties; also that of Magnolia (Michelia) excelsa. Also champ-wood....
11. champac, n. View full entry c1770
...The Indian tree Michelia Champaca, a species of magnolia bearing orange-coloured highly fragrant flowers....
12. chappal, n. View full entry 1893
...An Indian sandal, usu. of leather....
13. charka, n. View full entry 1880
...A roller cotton gin much used in India....
14. chatta, n. View full entry 1796
...An umbrella (in India)....
15. chay | choy | chaya, n.1 View full entry 1588
...The root of the Indian plant Oldenlandia umbellata (family Cinconaceæ), used to give a deep red dye to Indian cottons....
16. chicken, n.2 View full entry 1880
...Embroidery. Also attrib....
17. choli, n. View full entry 1907
...A short-sleeved bodice worn esp. by Indian women....
18. chuckler, n.2 View full entry 1759
...One of a very low caste in Southern India, the members of which are tanners or cobblers; colloq. a native shoemaker....
19. chukka, n. View full entry 1898
...Each of the ‘periods’ into which the game is divided....
20. coolie, n. View full entry 1622
...In India and (later also) China: a hired labourer (esp. one employed by a European); a porter (now esp. in a railway station). Hence also: an Asian labourer working abroad (now chiefly...
