GLOSSARY OF HINDUSTANI WORDS.
Adarwah, parched barley.
Aghari, a head rope.
Akh-ta, a gelding.
Bad hazmie, indigestion, dyspepsia.
Bagh, rein.
Bagh dorie, leading-rope.
Bajara, millet seed.
Balti, bucket.
Baniah, corn-dealer.
Bāns, bamboo.
Bhai, brother, relative.
Bherie, iron shackles for horse’s legs.
Bhestie, water carrier.
Bichalie, bedding straw.
Buk bund, saddle sheet.
Burradah, sawdust.
Charpoy, native bedstead.
Charragh, native oil lamp.
Chattie, earthen pot.
Chaurie, fly-whisk.
Cheil, to dig up grass.
Chick, split bamboo window blind.
Chick-na, muzzle.
Choker, bran.
Chuckie, hand-mill.
Chunna, gram.
Churrie, dried shorgum stalk used for cattle fodder.
Compound, enclosure round an Indian house.
Cultee, the black gram used as horse food in Madras.
Dah, a bill-hook.
Dah-na, a double bridle.
Dast, diarrhœa.
Dastour, custom, percentage, perquisites.
Dhan, unhusked rice.
Dha nah, grain.
Dhoob, an Indian grass on which horses are fed.
Dhool, a small leather bucket used for drawing water.
Durzie, a tailor.
Farakie, body-roller.
Gajar, carrots.
Gehun, wheat.
Ghorra, horse.
Ghorrie, mare.
Gudda, donkey.
Gumalo, earthen vessel shaped like a milk pan, holding about a gallon.
Gunna, sugar-cane.
Gurdaine, horse-rug.
Hawah, air.
Hookha, a pipe.
Hurrialie, a species of grass.
Jai, oats.
Jamp, a straw screen.
Jaru, a broom.
Jharan, duster.
Jhool, country horse clothing made out of felt.
Jonk, leech.
Jow, barley.
Kali nimuk, black salt.
Kar wah, a sort of cotton cloth.
Kazai, watering or snaffle bridle.
Khal, linseed cake.
Khansilla, hood.
Khasil, green food.
Khawid, green food.
Khoalie, charcoal.
Khol bundie, a remove in horse shoeing.
Khua, a well.
Khus khus, lemon grass.
Kicher ke muttee, clay.
Kinch mhal, twitch.
Kirim, worm, weevil.
Kumbal, blanket.
Kurlie, manger.
Kurpa, a short iron hoe, used to dig grass with.
Kutcher, mule.
Malish, grooming.
Make, a wooden tent-peg.
Makie-ara, eye-fringe to keep off flies.
Maund, 80 lbs. weight.
Mawah lagna, brushing of the fetlocks.
Missa bhoosa, grain stalks crushed in thrashing.
Moat, pulse grain.
Momrogan, dubbing.
Mote, pulse grain.
Mung, pulse grain.
Mussuk, leather water-bag.
Muttie, earth.
Muzzuma, leather heel-strap.
Nāl, a horseshoe.
Nāl bund, a shoeing-smith.
Naund, a large wide-mouthed earthen vessel holding several gallons.
Newar, cotton webbing.
Nimmuk, salt.
Nirrick, the official price list.
Nukta, head stall.
Numdah, felt pad for putting under a saddle.
Paite, body-roller.
Pani, water.
Pecharie, heel ropes.
Preg, nail.
Putter ke nimmuk, rock salt.
Puttie, a roller bandage.
Ret, sand.
Reita, soap nuts.
Rhal, linseed cake.
Roll kerna, to exercise.
Sabon, soap.
Sabur, chamois leather.
San, a stallion.
Saz, harness.
Seer, a two-pound weight.
Shalgham, turnip.
Suffaid bhoosa, wheat straw that has been crushed and broken in thrashing.
Sum khodna, hoof-picker.
Sun, tow or hemp.
Syce, a groom.
Tobra, a nose-bag.
Tokar, to trip or stumble.
Tokrie, a basket.
Tulwar, a curved native sword.
Ulsie, linseed.
Zin, a saddle.
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