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1. canaut, n. View full entry 1625
...‘The side-wall of a tent; a canvas enclosure’ (Yule)....
2. ˈcandy, n.3 View full entry 1618
...A weight used in southern and western India, varying greatly in different parts, but averaging 500 pounds av....
3. Cingalese, adj. and n. View full entry 1613
... Of Ceylon. A native of Ceylon; the language of Ceylon....
4. crore, n. View full entry 1625
...Ten millions, or one hundred lakhs (usually of rupees)....
5. ghoont, n. View full entry 1625
...A Himalayan pony....
6. guru, n. View full entry 1613
...A Hindu spiritual teacher or head of a religious sect. Also in gen. or trivial use: an influential teacher; a mentor; a pundit....
7. lakh, n. View full entry 1613
...One hundred thousand:...
8. lascar, n. View full entry 1625
...(Freq. with capital initial.) An East Indian sailor....
9. mullah, n. View full entry 1613
...Chiefly in Turkish-, Persian-, and Urdu-speaking regions: a person who is learned in Islamic theology and law; a Muslim cleric. Freq. as a title....
10. nibbana, n. View full entry 1626
...= nirvana...
11. pariah, n. and adj. View full entry 1613
...Usu. with capital initial. A member of a scheduled tribe of South India concentrated in southern Kerala and Tamil Nadu, originally functioning notably as sorcerers and ceremonial drummers and also as labourers...
12. raiyat, n. View full entry 1625
...In South Asia: a peasant, husbandman, or cultivating tenant....
13. ratti, n. View full entry 1625
...In South Asia: a small weight used for expressing the weight of gems, equal to one-eighth of a masha....
14. sannyasi, n. View full entry 1613
...A Brahman in the fourth stage of his life; a wandering fakir or religious mendicant. Also attrib....
15. Sanskrit | Sanscrit, n. and adj. View full entry 1617
...The ancient and sacred language of India, the oldest known member of the Indo-European family, in which the extensive Hindu literature from the Vedas downward is composed. In a narrower sense, the...
16. tola, n.1 View full entry 1614
...An East Indian weight, chiefly used for gold or silver, varying at different times and places; (from 1833) in British dominions fixed at 180 grains (the weight of the rupee)....
17. tyre | tyer, n.4 View full entry 1613
...Name in India for curdled milk and cream beginning to sour....
18. yogi, n. View full entry 1619
...An Indian devotee or ascetic who practises the system of yoga, q.v....
