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THE LAND OF THE VEDA.
Durzee | Darzí | A tailor. |
Dustoor | Dastúr | Customs, manners, usage. |
Dustoori | Dastúrí | Fee or percentage exacted by middlemen and servants |
Dwaper Yug | Dwápur Jug | The third age of the world. |
Eblis | Iblís | The Mohammedan name for the Devil. |
Eed | ’Id | A Mohammedan festival; their Easter. |
Emir or Ameer | Amír | A chief or noble. |
Eurasians | Eurasians | Descendants of Europeans and Asiatics sometimes called East Indians, or half-castes. |
Fakir | Faqír | A religious mendicant. |
Feringhee | Faringhí | A European; a foreigner. |
Ferishta | Farishta | An angel. |
Firdoos | Firdaus | Paradise; the heaven of the Mohammedans. |
Firman | Farmán | A royal order, mandate, command. |
Foujdar | Faujdár | A commander; an army officer. |
Gunesha | Ganesh | A Hindoo deity: the God of Wisdom, represented with an elephant's head. |
Ganges | Gunga | The holy river of India. From Gunga, the river, represented as a deity. |
Gharree | Gárí | A carriage, cart. |
Ghareewan | Gáríwán | A coachman. |
Ghat | Ghát | A landing or bathing-place; flight of steps at a river ; also, a pass in mountains. |
Ghee | Ghí | An inferior butter used for cooking. |
Ghogra | Ghógra | A river in Upper India, a tributary of the Ganges |
Gholam | Ghulám | A slave, a servant. |
Ghora | Ghorá | A horse. |
Ghur | Ghar | House, home, habitation. |
Ghurra | Ghará | An earthen water-pot or pitcher. |
Ghurree | Gharí | A clock, watch, hour. |
Gomashta | Gumáshta | An agent, officer, or superintendent. |
Goomtee | Gumtí | A river in Oude flowing by Lucknow. |
Godown | Gudám | A store-house, cellar, warehouse, magazine. |
Gora | Gorá | A white man; an English soldier. |
Gossain | Gossáin | A religious mendicant worshiping Mahadev, (Shiva.) |
Gonah | Gunáh | A sin, crime. |
Gram | Gram | A kind of vetch, pulse, or peas. |
Guddee | Gaddí | Pad, cushion, or seat; a throne or royal seat. |
Guicowar | Gaekwár | Name of a sovereign in the South. |
Gully | Galí | Street, alley, way. |
Guroo | Gurú | A religious teacher, priest. |
Guz | Gaz | A measure; a short yard. |
Hackery | Hackery | A native cart drawn by bullocks. |
Hadjee | Hájí | A Mohammedan who has made the pilgimage to Mecca. |
Hukeem | Hakím | A Mohammedan doctor, a sage, philosopher. |
Hakim | Hákim | A ruler, governor, king. |