GLOSSARY OF INDIAN TERMS.
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| Sahib | Sáhib | Sir, lord, gentleman. |
| Satya Yug | Sat Jug | The first age of the world; age of truth.. |
| Sepoy | Sipáhí | A native soldier. |
| Seraglio | Seraglio | From Sura, house, and Ahul, domestic; hence Suralio or Seraglio, the family or female apartments. |
| Sewalla | Shivála | A temple. |
| Shadee | Shádí | Marriage, wedding, happiness. |
| Shah | Sháh | A king, a prince, (Mohammedan title.) |
| Shahzada | Sháhzáda | The son of a king. |
| Shastra or Shaster | Shástr | Hindoo Scriptures. |
| Shiva | Shív | The Hindoo God of Destruction, husband of Kali, and the third member of the Hindoo Triad or Trimurti. |
| Shesas or Sheeites | Shíah | One of the great Mohammedan sects; followers of Ali, the son-in-law of the Prophet, and esteeming the three Caliphs, Abubeker, Omar, and Oman, as usurpers. To this sect belong the Persians generally, the royal family of Oude, and most of the lower orders of Mussulmans in India. |
| Shroff | Sharráf | A native banker or money-changer. |
| Shytan | Shaitán | The devil, Satan. |
| Sheikh | Shaikh | A disciple, follower, scholar; the name of the religionists in the Punjab. |
| Sirkar | Sirkár | The State or Government. |
| Soma | Soma | The milky juice of the moon-plant mixed with barley and fermented, forming an intoxicating drink; used in the ancient Vedic worship |
| Soonees | Sunnís | “Followers of the traditions,” who maintain the lawful succession of the three Caliphs before Ali, and pay great respect to the traditions of Islam. The Arabs, Turks, Affghans, and most of the educated Mussulmans of India, are of this class, and style themselves Orthodox, the Sheeas being regarded as heretics. |
| Sowar | Sawár | A cavalryman, a mounted soldier or policeman. |
| Subadar | Súbadár | A governor of a province, a captain. |
| Subah | Súba | A province. |
| Sudder | Sadr | Chief, principal, as Sudder-adawlut, the Supreme Court of Justice in India. |
| Sudra | Súdr | The fourth or servile caste of the Hindoos; now vaguely applied to all low classes. |
| Sultan | Sultán | Sovereign, prince, (Mohammedan;) also a title formerly borne by the royal family of Delhi. |
| Sunnud | Sanad | A grant or diploma. |
| Surdar | Sardár | A chief, head-man, commander. |
| Suttee | Sátí | The ceremony of burning a widow with her husband's corpse. |
| Syce | Sais | A groom or horse-keeper. |
| Syud or Said | Saiyad | A prince; descendant of Hossein, son of Ali, and grandson of Mohammed. |
