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Uchchat tilak, a religious ceremony, see vol. ii. p. 385.

Vis[h:]ṇu, the second person of the Hindū triad.

Ulāk, a small boat.

Ummed-wār, an expectant.

Voirājī, or bairāgī, a religious mendicant.

Uplā, cakes of dried cowdung.

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.

Z.

Zaban-i-urdū, the court language.

Zāmin, guarantee.

Zamīndar, landlord.

Zanāna, or zenāna, female apartments, feminine, effeminate.

Zūl-jana, the horse of Husain, i.e. the winged wolf.

Zunnār, the Brahmanical thread.