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Acha |
All right |
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Amreeca |
America |
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Angrezi |
English |
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Arré |
(interjection) Oh! |
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Babas |
Boys |
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Babus |
Educated Indians |
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Baloo |
Punjabi word for bear |
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Bandook |
Rifle |
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Bania |
Grocer; merchant |
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Barkat |
Blessing |
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Bati |
Bowl for drinking water |
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Bhangi |
Sweeper |
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Bhisti |
A man who carries water |
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Bhunja’s shop |
Shop in which gram is roasted |
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Bhuts |
Ghosts |
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Budmash |
Mischievous |
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Buk |
Total nonsense |
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Chands |
Riddle-songs sung at weddings |
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Charpai |
String bed |
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Chir gaya |
Begun |
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Chup raho |
Keep quiet |
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Dholki |
Drum |
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Durree |
Cotton carpet |
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Fakir-Sain |
Muhammadan holy man |
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Faluda |
Kind of vermicelli eaten with ice cream |
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Ferungis |
Foreigners, mainly Englishmen |
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Foj |
Army |
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Git-mitting |
Chattering |
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Han |
Yes |
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Halwai |
Sweetmeat-seller |
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Haveli |
Big house |
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Havildar |
Indian army rank, equivalent to a Sergeant |
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Houri |
Fairy |
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Injans |
Engines |
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Izzat |
Prestige |
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Ja Be |
Go |
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Jalebis |
Fried sweet dumplings made of white flour and syrup |
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Jao |
Go away |
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Jhund |
Punjabi word for the headdress when it is extended over the forehead and the eyes of a woman to protect her from male stares |
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Ji-Huzoor |
Yes-man; servile individual |
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Jinns |
Spirits |
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Jirgas |
Gathering of Pathan tribesmen |
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Kaliyug |
The evil iron age which, according to the Hindu conception, is the age in which we live |
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Kana-phusi |
Whispering secretively |
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Khana |
Food |
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Khurpi |
Hoe |
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Khansamah |
Cook |
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Khuti |
Hole in the ground |
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Kucha |
Pair of shorts worn by a Sikh |
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Ladhia |
Punjabi word for hero |
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Lashkars |
Punjabi word for armies |
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Lat Sahib |
Viceroy |
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Madari |
Juggler or magician |
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Mali |
Gardener |
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Malka |
Queen |
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Manbhatta Khana |
Favourite food |
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Mandala |
Shrine for placing gods |
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Mem |
English lady |
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Mujra |
Dance recital by a courtesan |
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Munshi |
A scribe |
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Mushtandas |
Roughs; hooligans |
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Nadé |
Boy |
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Natu |
Native |
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Numbria |
Of the same number; contemporary |
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Palla |
Corner or border |
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Paltan |
Regiment |
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Peras |
Small cream cakes, a well-known sweet |
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Phulkaris |
Rough ochre-dyed cloth, diapered with silk in the Punjab |
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Pilaus |
Fried rice |
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Pirs |
Religious leaders |
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Pradhan |
Chief |
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Pooh-ba |
Colloquial for master or boss |
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Roos |
Russia |
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Sadri |
A short jacket or waistcoat |
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Sala/salé |
Brother-in-law, usually a term of abuse |
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Sarkar |
Government; authority |
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Shahinshah |
Emperor |
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Shamiana |
Canopy |
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Siapa |
Mourning |
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Syce |
Groom |
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Tandurs |
Ovens, also designates a cookshop or indigenous style restaurant |
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Tehmut |
Sheet wrapped round the waist and legs, worn usually in the Punjab |
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Thathiar |
Coppersmith |
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Thortha |
Punjabi word for an earthen cup |
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Toorks |
Turks |
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Turas |
The crest of a turban tied as in the Punjab |
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Vay |
Punjabi form of address for a male |
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Vilayat |
Foreign country, usually designates British Isles |
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Yekka |
A horse-drawn vehicle |
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Zoolum |
Tyranny |