Ulāk, a small boat.

Ummed-wār, an expectant.

Voirājī, or bairāgī, a religious mendicant.

Uplā, cakes of dried cow-dung.

W.

Walī-uhd, heir apparent.

Y.

Yāk, the small cow of Thibet.

Yug, or yuga, an age of the world. The Hindūs reckon four yugas, or ages, since the creation of the present world.

Yugānt, the end of the four yugas, or ages, when, according to the Hindūs, a total destruction of the universe takes place.