GLOSSARY OF INDIAN TERMS.
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| Chor | Chor | A robber, a thief. |
| Chota | Chhotá | Little. |
| Chota-hazree | Chhoti-házirí | A slight refreshment in the morning. |
| Chowk | Chauk | A market, yard, or court. |
| Chowkeydar | Chaukídár | A watchman. |
| Chowrie | Chaurí | A whisk for driving off flies. |
| Chuddur | Chaddar | A sheet or table-cloth. |
| Chumar | Chumar | A leather-dresser. |
| Chunam | Chunam | Lime. |
| Chupatti | Chapátí | A thin, unleavened cake of coarse flour. |
| Chupper | Chappar | A thatched roof. |
| Chuprassie | Chaprásí | A peon or messenger. |
| Churuk-poojah | Charkh-pújá | An annual barbarous swinging festival. |
| Chutney | Chatní | A kind of pungent sauce or catsup. |
| Coolie | Qulí | A burden-bearer, a laborer. |
| Coss | Kos | The Hindoo mile; about two English miles. |
| Cowrie | Kaurí | A small shell used as currency; 5,120 to a rupee. |
| Crore | Karor | Ten millions; one hundred lakhs. |
| Curry | Kárí | A popular Indian dish, composed of meat cooked in a dressing of spices, and eaten with boiled rice. |
| Cutcha | Kachchá | Unripe; uncooked; green; imperfect; built of unburnt brick. |
| Cutcherry | Kachahrí | A court-house, or court of justice. |
| Dacoit | Dakait | A robber or river-pirate. |
| Dai | Dáí | A wet-nurse; a midwife. |
| Dandy | Dandí | A light conveyance, or sedan, borne on the shoulders of two men. |
| Daroga | Dárogha | A superintendent; an agent. |
| Dawk | Dák | A post, letter post, or arrangements for traveling. |
| Dawk Bungalow | Dák Bungla | A rest-house for travelers. |
| Deccan | Dakhan | The South. |
| Deen | Dín | Religion, faith. |
| Devar | Dewá | A Hindoo name for the gods generally. |
| Dewan | Díwán | A chief minister: an agent. |
| Dewanee Khass | Diwán i Kháss | The audience-hall of the “Great Moguls.” |
| Dharma | Dharm | Divine law, duty, virtue. |
| Dharma Shastra | Dharm Shástr | The Hindoo Code; religion, science, morals, law. |
| Dherna | Dherna | The custom of sitting in defiance before one's door to compel compliance with a demand. |
| Dhobee | Dhobí | A washerman. Dhobín: a washerwoman. |
| Doab | Doáb | A tract of country between two rivers; as that between the Ganges and Jumna. |
| Dooley | Dolí | A litter, or light palanquin. |
| Dozukh | Dozakh | Hell. |
| Durbar | Darbár | A court where a levee is held. |
| Durbeen | Dúrbín | A spy-glass or telescope. |
| Durga-Poojah | Durgá-Pújá | A yearly festival of the Hindoos, extending over fifteen days, in honor of the Goddess Durga. |
| Durvesh | Darwesh | A Mohammedan sage or beggar. |
| Durwan | Darwán | A gate-keeper. |
