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1. akhara, n. View full entry 1832
...In India: a wrestling ring or pit; a gymnasium or outdoor exercise area....
2. amlah, n. View full entry c1778
...In South Asia (esp. India): the body of officials who staff a courthouse; a member of this body....
3. babu, n. View full entry 1763
...A title of respect typically appended (sometimes prefixed) to the surname of a Hindu man....
4. 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...
5. dam, n.5 View full entry 1781
...An Indian copper coin of the value of one fortieth of a rupee....
6. lat, n.1 View full entry 1801
...A staff, pole (rare in English use)....
7. mehtar, n. View full entry 1662
...Originally: (the title of) any of several high-ranking officers of the Persian royal household. Later also: a groom, or a stable boy in Persia (Iran). Obs....
8. mirasdar, n. View full entry 1796
...In India: a hereditary owner, esp. of land; (spec. in South India) an owner of inherited land prohibited by law from being sold, and leased instead to tenants for a...
9. misl, n. View full entry 1834
...Each of the twelve confederacies of Sikhs in the 18th and 19th centuries, originally organized primarily for military purposes, but subsequently as an administrative division of the Punjab....
10. Mogul, n.1 and adj. View full entry 1577
...The form Mughal is now often preferred in this sense....
11. mohur, n. View full entry 1614-15
...More fully gold mohur. A gold coin used in India from the 16th cent. onward. Also called dinar....
12. moorpunky, n. View full entry 1767
...In India: a kind of pleasure boat used on the River Ganges, built in the shape of a peacock....
13. mudaliyar, n. View full entry 1662
...In Sri Lanka: a headman, a chief; a chief military officer. Now hist....
14. munjeet, n. View full entry 1813
...The roots of Bengal madder (Rubia cordifolia) or, occasionally, of certain other Indian plants, used as the source of a red dye; (also) the Bengal madder plant itself....
15. mutsuddy, n. View full entry 1683
...An accountant, clerk, or administrator....
16. nabob, n. View full entry 1612
...= nawab1. Now hist....
17. nainsook, n. and adj. View full entry 1790
...A fine soft cotton fabric, a kind of muslin or jaconet, originally made in South Asia. Also: a garment made of this....
18. najib, n. (and adj.) View full entry c1790
...In India: (an honorary title given to) a gentleman volunteer serving as an infantry soldier under the Marathas, etc., and later to a certain extent under the British. Also as ...
19. nawab, n. View full entry 1682
...In South Asia: a Muslim official who acted as a deputy ruler or viceroy of a province or district under the Mughal empire (now hist.); any governor of a town...
20. naya paisa, n. View full entry 1956
...In India: a monetary unit equal to one-hundredth of a rupee. Also: a copper-alloy coin with this value. Cf. paisa...
