Page:Indian Fairy Tales (Stokes, 1879).djvu/308

 296 GLOSSARY.

Bél a fruit. Ægle Marmelos.

Chapásí, a messenger wearing a badge (chaprás).

Cooly (Tamil kúli), a labourer in the fields ; also a porter.

Dom (the d is lingual) a low-caste Hindú.

Fakfr, a Muhammadan religious mendicant.

Kázl, a Muhammadan Judge.

Kotwál, the chief police officer in a town.

Mahárájá (properly Maháráj), literally great king.

Maháraná literally great queen.

Mainé, a kind of starling.

Maund (man), a measure of weight, about 87 lb.

Mohur (muhar), a gold coin worth 16 rupees.

Pflkf, a palanquin.

Pice {paisa), a small copper coin.

Pilau, a dish made of either chicken or mutton, and rice.

Rakshas, a kind of demon that eats men and beasts.

Róhu, a kind of big fish.

Rupee {rápíya), a silver coin, now worth about twenty pence.

Sarai, a walled enclosure containing small houses for the use of travellers.

Sárí, a long piece of stuff which Hindú women wind round the body as a petticoat, passing one end over the head.

Wazír, prime minister.

Yogí, a Hindú religious mendicant.