BÉl, a fruit; Ægle marmelos.

Bulbul, a kind of nightingale.

ChaprÁsÍ, a messenger wearing a badge (chaprÁs).

Cooly (Tamil kÚli), a labourer in the fields; also a porter.

DÁl, a kind of pulse; Phaseolus aureus, according to Wilson; Paspalum frumentaceum, according to Forbes.

Dom (the d is lingual), a low-caste HindÚ.

FakÍr, a Muhammadan religious mendicant.

Ghee (ghÍ), butter boiled and then set to cool.

KÁzÍ, a Muhammadan Judge.

KotwÁl, the chief police officer in a town.

LÍchÍ, a fruit; Scytalia litchi, Roxb.

MahÁrÁjÁ (properly MahÁrÁj), literally great king.

MahÁrÁnÍ, literally great queen.

MainÁ, a kind of starling.

Maund (man), a measure of weight, about 87 lb.

Mohur (muhar), a gold coin worth 16 rupees.

Nautch (nÁtya), a union of song, dance, and instrumental music.

PÁlkÍ, a palanquin.

Pice (paisa), a small copper coin.

Pilau, a dish made of either chicken or mutton, and rice.

RÁjÁ, a king.

Rakshas, a kind of demon that eats men and beasts.

RÁnÍ, a queen.

RohÚ, a kind of big fish.

Rupee (rÚpÍya), a silver coin, now worth about twenty pence.

Ryot (rÀÍyat), a cultivator. Sarai, a walled enclosure containing small houses for the use of travellers.

SÁrÍ, a long piece of stuff which HindÚ women wind round the body as a petticoat, passing one end over the head.

Sepoy (sipÁhÍ), a soldier.

WazÍr, prime minister.

YogÍ, a HindÚ religious mendicant.