Explanation of Persian and Indian Terms- Amdanny
- —Imports
- Argee
- —a Petition
- Assammees
- —Dealers in different branches of trade
- Bang
- —an intoxicating juice of a vegetable
- Bazar
- —a Market
- Baudshaw
- —a King
- Baudshawjoddi
- —a Queen
- Begum
- —a Princess
- Betel
- —a leaf growing on a vine, and chewed by all ranks of people
- Bramin
- —a Priest
- Buckserrias
- —Foot Soldiers, with only sword and target
- Buxey
- —Treasurer to the Mogul, or Paymaster of troops
- Bundar
- —a Custom-house
- Cawn
- —a title of dignity
- Codgi
- —a Bishop
- Chop
- —a small seal, on which is engraved the name of the Mogul
- Choultry
- —an open house for all travellers
- Chout
- —a fourth part: or a tribute exacted by the Morattoes
- Chowkeys
- —Turnpikes; or guards at landing places
- Caffres
- —Negroes from Africa, trained up as soldiers by the Europeans
- Cooley
- —a Porter, or Labourer of any kind
- Coss
- —a distance of two miles and more
- Cossid
- —a foot Messenger or Post
- Cowle
- —a protection
- Crore of Rupees
- —a hundred lack or near 1,250,000 l. sterling
- Dawgahs
- —Custom-house Officers, or Collectors
- Decoyt
- —a Robber
- Dewan
- —King's Treasurer
- Dewanny
- —Superintendency over the royal revenues
- Dooley
- —a woman's chair, like a sedan
- Dummadah
- —a river
- Durbar
- —the Court or Council of a Mogul Prince
- Dustuk
- —an order
- Firman
- —a royal mandate, or grant
- Fouzdar
- —a Governor, military Officer, or Renter
- Gentoo
- —a native Indian, in a state of idolatry
- Gomastah
- —a Broker, Factor, or Agent
- Gunge
- —Grain Market
- Gwallers
- —Carriers of palanquins
- Hackeries
- —Carts or coaches drawn by oxen
- Harkarahs
- —Spies
- Jaghire
- —a district granted as a mark of honor, or allotted as a pension
- Jaggernaut
- —the Gentoo pagoda
- Jemidar
- —an Ensign
- Killedar
- —the Governor of a Fort
- Kistbundee
- —Times of the payment of the country Revenues
- Lack of Rupees
- —about 12,500 l. sterling
- Maund
- —between 70 and 80 pounds, at Surat only 37 pounds
- Moonshee
- —a Persian Secretary
- Mulna
- —a Mahometan Priest
- Moories
- —Writers
- Muchulcas
- —Bonds of obligation
- Musnud
- —the throne of an Indian Prince
- Muxadabad
- —the capital of Bengal
- Nabob
- —a Governor of a Province, appointed by the Soubah
- Naib
- —a Deputy to the Governor of a place
- Omrahs
- —Privy Counsellors to the Mogul, and men of the first rank
in the Empire
- Paddy
- —Rice in the husk
- Paddy-grounds
- —Rice fields
- Pagoda
- —an Indian temple
- Pagoda
- —an Indian coin worth 7s. 8d. sterling
- Palinquin
- —a kind of canopy bed for travelling
- Parsees
- —Worshippers of fire
- Patamar
- —a Messenger or Post
- Peons
- —Foot soldiers armed with a broad sword
- Pergannahs
- —Villages
- Perwannah
- —a letter, order, or command
- Pettah
- —the town surrounding an Indian fort
- Podor
- —a Money Changer
- Polygar
- —the Lord of a District
- Ponsways
- —Guard-boats
- Pettahs
- —Grants
- Raja
- —the highest title claimed by the Gentoo Princes
- Royran
- —the King's Officer for receiving the revenue
- Rafftanny
- —Exports
- Rupee
- —a silver coin worth about 2s. 5d. sterl.
- Saneds
- —commissions from the Mogul, Soubahs, or Nabobs
- Sardar
- —an Officer of Horse
- Seapoys
- —Indian foot soldiers, hired and disciplined by Europeans
- Shroff
- —a Banker
- Sircar
- —a general name for the Government, or those concerned in it
- Sirpah
- —a rich dress of the country, worn by way of distinction
- Soubah
- —the Viceroy of the Deckan, or of Bengal
- Tank
- —a pond, or pool of water
- Tanka
- —the Revenue appropriated by the Mogul, for maintaining
a fleet at Surat - Tanksal
- —a mint for coinage
- Telinga
- —the Carnatic country
- Telingas
- —Soldiers raised in the Carnatic
- Tum tums
- —Drums
- Topasses
- —a tawney race of foot soldiers, descended from the Portuguese marrying natives, and called Topasses, because they wear hats
- Tunkahs
- —Assignments upon lands, or rents assigned to the Company
- Tursaconna
- —Wardrobe
- Ginanah
- —Seraglio
- Vakeel
- —an English Agent, or resident at the Nabob's court
- Vizerut
- —the grant for the Viziership
- Zemin
- —Ground
- Zemindary
- —an Officer who takes care of the rents arising from
the public lands.
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