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1. amlah, n. View full entry c1778
...In South Asia (esp. India): the body of officials who staff a courthouse; a member of this body....
2. challan, n. View full entry 1821
...An official form or document, such as a receipt, invoice, or citation....
3. dys-, prefix View full entry 1623
...repr. Greek δυσ-= Sanskritdus-, Old Germanic*tuz-, Old High Germanzúr- (Germanzer-), Old Norsetor-, Old English ‘inseparable prefix, opp. to ...
4. jungle, n. View full entry 1776
...In India, originally, as a native word, Waste or uncultivated ground (= ‘forest’ in the original sense); then, such land overgrown with brushwood, long grass, etc.; hence, in Anglo-Indian use:...
5. kotwal, n. View full entry 1582
...A chief officer of police for a city or town in India; a native town magistrate....
6. nark, n. View full entry 1846
...An annoying, unpleasant, obstructive, or quarrelsome person. In later use chiefly Austral. and N.Z....
7. panchayat, n. View full entry 1778
...In South Asia: a group of five or more people which sits as a council or a court of law to decide on matters affecting a village, community, or caste....
8. patta, n. View full entry 1754
...In India: a title deed to a property or piece of land, esp. one which contains an official assessment of the amount of revenue collectable from it. Also: a document...
9. pundit, n. View full entry 1661
...Now usu. in form pandit. In India: a learned or wise person; a person with knowledge of Sanskrit and Indian philosophy, religion, and law; (also) a Hindu priest or teacher....
10. ryoti, adj. View full entry 1772
...Of land in Bengal and some other parts of India: held on a permanent tenure in return for the payment of a certain rent....
11. ryotwari, adj. and n. View full entry 1807
...Designating or relating to land tenure in India characterized by direct settlement between the government and the cultivators, without the intervention of a zamindar or landlord....
12. Sudder, adj. (and n.) View full entry 1787
...Chief, supreme: applied esp. to high government departments or officials....
13. sunnud, n. View full entry 1759
...A deed of grant; a charter, patent, or warrant....
14. thana | tana, n. View full entry 1803
...A police station in India; formerly, a military station or fortified post....
15. vakeel | vakil, n. View full entry 1622
...An agent or representative, esp. one representing a person of political importance either permanently or on a special occasion; a minister, envoy, or ambassador....
16. zemindar, n. View full entry 1683
...Formerly, a collector of the revenue from land held by a number of cultivators; subsequently, an Indian who held land for which he paid revenue direct to the British government....
17. zemindary, n. View full entry 1757
...The system of holding lands and farming revenue by means of zemindars; the office or jurisdiction of a zemindar....
