UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA 
 AT LOS ANGELES
 
 GLOSSARY 
 
 TO 
 
 The FIFTH REPORT from the Select Committee 
 appointed to enquire into the present State of the 
 Affairs of The East India Company ; — which Report 
 was made on the 28th day of July, in the last Session 
 of Parhament.
 
 
 ^.'-^^.^TV 
 
 PREFACE EXPLANATORY. 
 
 'T* H E numerous Oriental Terms occurring in the Fifth Report and it's 
 Appendix, have been adopted from most of the languages current through- 
 
 ^ out India :-^from Arabic, Persian, Sanskrit, Hindustani/, Bengali/, Telinga, 
 
 ro 
 
 <: Tamul, Canara, and Malabar; and a few from Turkish and Malay. In spelling 
 
 ^ them, little attention has been paid to correctness or consistency. This has 
 
 -7 arisen, in some degree, from there being no fixed rules for the notation of Oriental 
 
 5^ terms in the letters of our imperfect alphabet, every one spelling according to his 
 
 ear ; but in a greater degree, from the ignorance or inattention of the Native 
 
 ^ clerks, employed in the public offices in India to copy the transactions of the 
 
 East-India Company. To give an instance of the confusion occasioned from 
 
 tg these circumstances, the word which, according to it^s form and sound in Arabic, 
 
 should be written Mahal (a. JUr*), the first vowel short, and the last long, 
 
 occms under no less than eight different shapes, not one of which is correct 
 
 upon any system of orthography, viz. Mai, Maal, Mahl, Mehal, Mehaal, 
 
 Mehaul, Mhal, and Mohaul. A great many other instances occur where the 
 
 same term is variously spelt, and often in the same page. 
 
 In collecting and arranging the words herein to be explained, it hence 
 became necessary that they should be exhibited under their various spellings, 
 however incorrect, just as they appear in the printed Report and Appendix; but 
 in order to remedy the evil above complained of, an attempt has been made to 
 trace each word to it's source, to exhibit it in it's genuine character, as far as 
 Types could be procured for that purpose, and to convey it's true pronuncia- 
 tion in the Italic character, upon a plan of notation differing but little from that 
 
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 i,, PREFACE EXPLANATORY. 
 
 laid doMTi by Sir William Jones in the beginning of the first vohime of the 
 Asiatic Transactions, and which has been successfully followed by others in the 
 subsequent volumes of that work. This plan, which has at least uniformity to 
 recommend it, consists chiefly in avoiding the use of the double vowels ce and oo, 
 by substituting for them i and u with the Italian pronunciation, and in 
 distino-uishing the long vowels from the short by the use of the acute accent. 
 Thus a, e, i, o, 21, are to be pronounced short, and a, e, i, 6, u, long, and 
 both as by the Italians. 
 
 Many words in this Glossary could not be traced to their origin ; and 
 a few occur in the Report and Appendix, which will not be found in the 
 Glossary, because, neither their etymology, nor their technical application, could 
 be satisfactorily explained. It has also been part of the plan to give the radical 
 and common acceptation of every term, as well as the official and technical 
 application of it ; whenever this, or any other part of tlie scheme has failed, 
 it is attributable to the want of knowledge, and time, for further research,, 
 to supply that deficiency. 
 
 ABBREVIATIONS. 
 
 A stands for Arabic. 
 
 B Bengaly. 
 
 C Canara. 
 
 H Hindustany. 
 
 M Malay. 
 
 •\]al Malabar. 
 
 P Persian. 
 
 S Sanskrit. 
 
 Tam Tamul. 
 
 Tel Telinga. 
 
 T Turkish. 
 
 tv/^f'/^^T' CHARLES WILKINS. 
 
 2()/« April 1813.
 
 GLOSSARY, 
 
 Abwab, 
 
 (a. <r-»^y^ ahivdh, plur. of <_-)'o hah, a gate, 
 door, way). 
 
 Items of taxation, cesses, imposts, taxes. 
 This term is particularly used to distinguish 
 the taxes imposed subsequently to the esta- 
 blishment of the assul, or original standard 
 rent, in the nature of additions thereto. In 
 many places they had be?n consolidated v/ith 
 the assul, and a ncv standard assumed as the 
 basis of succeeding imposition. Many were 
 levied on the Zemindars as the price of for- 
 bearance, on the part of government, from 
 detailed investigations into their profits, or 
 actual receipts, from the lands, according to 
 the hastabood. v. AsscIj, Fodzdarry, Ab- 
 •WAB, and Hastabood. 
 
 ABWAB COSSIM KHAN, 
 
 (p. j^U- *-;li <-Ji^\ ahicdb-i-Kdsbn Khan). 
 
 Abzsab or cesses introduced by Cossim Alii 
 Khan. V. Abwab. 
 
 ABWAB JAFFIER KHAN, 
 
 (p. ^JJ^ Jixf. i-J'i^\ ahwdh-i- Jos-far Khan). 
 
 Abwab or cesses introduced by Jajfier Khan. 
 V. Abwab. 
 
 ABWAB SUJAH KHAN, 
 
 (a. Ai. clsr* i^J\ ahwdb-i-Shtijds. Khdn). 
 
 Abwab or cesses introduced by Nabob Sujak 
 Khan. V. Abwab. 
 
 ABWAB SOUBADARRY, 
 
 (p. ^Jjiiy)(—:\j)\ ahwdb-i-suhahddri). 
 
 Abwab or cesses of the soubadarri/. New 
 and perpetual imposts levied by the authority 
 of the provincial governors. 
 
 ABKARRY, 
 
 (p. t^j^T db-Mri, from t_>T dh water, and 
 
 ^J^ hdri manufacture). 
 
 Taxes or duties on the manufacture and sale 
 of spirituous liquors, and intoxicating drugs. 
 
 ADAWLUT, 
 
 (a. liJIj^ s.addlat) 
 
 Justice, equity; a court of justice. — N. B. 
 Tlie terms 
 ci^j ciJlJus s^addlat-i-diwdni, and 
 
 ijf^ljo-ji ciJlj^ -addlat-i-faiijddri 
 
 <]enote the civil and the criminal courts of 
 justice. V. Dewanxy and Foujdarrv. 
 
 AKT 
 ADKARY, 
 
 (s. 3ff^ct\l adhi-kdri from Sff^ adhi 
 
 over, and op I f^dri agent). 
 A governor or superintendent ; or any thing 
 relating to a superior. A term applied to vil- 
 lages where an individual holds the entire undi- 
 vided estate. 
 
 ADONI JEMNUM, 
 
 In Malabar, a kind of leasehold tenure, 
 wliere artificers, and the like, hold small spots 
 of ground from Rajahs and great men, v. Ap- 
 pendix p. 801. 
 
 AGRAHARAH, 
 
 (s. 3PT^: agraharah). 
 
 Who takes first ; an epithet given to Brah- 
 7na)ts. Rent-free villages held by Brahmans. 
 
 AGRAHARAH, AGRAGHRAH. or AGRA- 
 RAH VADIKY or VADIKTY, 
 Villages of which the absolute proprietary 
 right is chiefly held by Brahmans. v. Appendix, 
 p. 826. 
 
 AHUK, (by mistake AHUX and AKHUC), 
 (p. CJ^\ ahah). 
 
 Lime. One of the soubahdarry abwab or 
 taxes established by Alii Va'di Klian for de- 
 fraying the expense of purchasing lime at 
 Sylhet for the use of government. N. B. 
 Sylhet is celebrated for stone lime. 
 
 AKAMNAMAH, written also AHAMNAMAH, 
 
 (p. <u\i A}i:>\ ahkdm-ndmah). 
 Written orders. Assessment of Tippoo 
 Sultan. 
 
 AKHERJAUT, 
 
 (a. cuUljil ahhrdjdt plur. of -./- hhuraj). 
 Expenses, disbursements, charges ; charges 
 general. 
 
 AKHERJAUT AURUNG, 
 
 (p. \^j\cLiW\f^ akhrdjdt-l-arang) . 
 
 Expenses of an aurang or place where goods 
 are manufactured. Cliarges for transporting 
 salt to the ■place of sale; for weigh men, erec- 
 tion of storehouses, &c. &c. v. Auhu.ng. 
 
 AKTA or ATKA, 
 
 (a. c\S=5i iktds.). 
 
 Assignment of laud. Jaghire lands, v. 
 Jaghire.
 
 GLOSSARY to Vi'.\ Report {[812) from Select Committee 
 
 AND 
 
 ALCIIALICOO''^'*^— ^"^^'^ 
 
 T!iv3 inoiililciing awny of the baiiks between 
 tlie coru-Uelds. 
 
 ALTllXMGA, 
 
 (t. ^X*:£\ lilt am gild). 
 A royal giant in perpetuity ; perpetual te- 
 nure. An heritable Jagliirc in perpetuity, v. 
 Jagiuri:. 
 
 AMANUT DUFTER, 
 
 (p. iij u:>jlol amiiHat-chtftar, from a. 
 c^-jU amiimit trust, deposit, and i'. j^^ 
 diijtar an olHce). 
 An office for deposits : or, pcrluip?, for record- 
 ing the reports of ^i«H.'Cf«s-. 
 
 AMEEU, 
 
 (a. j^*\ amir). 
 A nobleman. 
 
 AMEER UL OMRAII, 
 
 (a. \^'i^jrr<^ anv.r ulamrd). 
 Noble of nobles, lord of lords. An article 
 in the rent roll called luniar (J.^^ licmdr) 
 being a jag/iire appropriation of the com- 
 mander in chief, termed zal(c (^JU '~<Ui) i. e. 
 personal, or, lor his own benefit, v. Jaguiue. 
 
 AMLAII, 
 
 (a. <iW j^amala/i). 
 Agents, officers; the officers of government 
 collect ivelv. A head of zcwindmri/ charges. 
 N. B. It is sometimes written oinluh. v. 
 
 , AUMIL. 
 
 ANAD-KLNGER or ANOD-BUNGER, 
 
 (n.'^'^\'^'^'^\ andth-banjar from s. 
 
 3{«TJ^ (indtha lord less, and n. >5}"3TX 
 
 7;fl»y«r waste land). 
 
 Wa^te land «iliioiil a master or owner. 
 Uiidiviclesl uastc or common, v. Anathi:!:. 
 
 ANADEE, 
 
 (s. 3{^f|T<r anddi without a beginning). 
 
 Old waste land. v. ANAriinE, of which 
 An'ADEE may, pcriiap^, be anethcr spelling. 
 
 ANATllEE, 
 
 (s, ^pTlf^c/JK/V/^/l'.aving no lord, master, 
 
 or owner, from '^J^ ndtlia a lord or 
 
 master, with the privative 3f u pre- 
 
 lixed). 
 
 01;1 waste land : lands not cultivated witl.in 
 tlic memory of mar,. 
 
 ANCllUMNA or ANCRUMMA, • 
 
 Tlie name of an order to t!ie village ac- 
 countants in the Northern Circais to ascertain 
 the quantity of land in tillage •und of seed 
 sown ; or to value the crops of the cultivators. 
 
 ANDOO, 
 
 (_TA.M. aitdti). 
 
 In 3Ialab(it\ a cicle of sixty years, v. Ap- 
 pendix, p. S'27. 
 
 ATC 
 
 ANICOODY, 
 
 People who work in trade, as common work- 
 men. 
 
 ANNA, 
 
 (ii. l\ and). 
 The IGUi part of a riiprc. 
 
 ANWERS, 
 
 Horsemen. 
 
 ARHAl?, 
 
 (a. c_>y arbdh plur. of l_^ rabb). 
 Lord--, masters. 
 
 AROABULMAL, 
 
 (a. JW<_>y arbab-ul-mdl). 
 
 The officers of tiie treasure. Extra allow- 
 ances to the clerks and accountants of the 
 
 IJudsa or exchequer, called 3Iutseddics (^ \,.-"f 
 Midasaddi). q. v. 
 
 ASH AM or AIISIIAM, 
 
 (a. *\Ls^\ ahshdm plural of *.ij>- hasham). 
 
 Retinues, military pomp and parade, the 
 military. 
 
 ASIIAM OMLEH, 
 
 (a. <iLic,*Li».l ahshdm-i-£amalah) . 
 
 Retinues of the public officers, whether for 
 protection or parade. An article in the rent- 
 roll called Utinar jannneh, q. v. consisting of 
 jtii^Idre approjiriatioiis for the support of 
 troops for guards and garrisons, v. Jaguiue. 
 
 ASIIAM S EPA YE, 
 
 (p. |^l«_- Alia-l ahshdm-i-s/pdhi ). 
 
 Retinues of soldiers, military poinp or pa- 
 rade. Military Jag/dres, or assignments of 
 land, for defraying military expenses. 
 
 ASHRUF DEWAN VIZARAT, 
 
 (p. a^Jjj ^lj.;u> uJ^^l ashraf-diwdn-i-wizd- 
 
 rat). 
 
 Prime minister of the zoazdiril, or office of 
 prime mini.-jtcr. High ,treasiu-cr of the em- 
 pire. 
 
 ASOPII, 
 
 (a. ^L-T dnif). 
 
 T!io prime minister of King Soliman, ac- 
 cording to tlie Arabians and Persians. A title 
 given by Tippoo Sultan to certain ci\ il officers. 
 
 ASSAL, written also ASIL, AUSIL, ALZIL, 
 
 (a. J^\ asul). 
 
 Origin, root, foundation ; capital stock, 
 principal sum. Original rent, exclusive of 
 
 sul)sequent cesses. 
 
 ASSUL TUMAR JAMMA, 
 
 (p. •«_<*>- jLcjL J-^l asal-i-tumdr jamaj). 
 
 Tlie original amount according to tiie rent- 
 roll called (laiiar. v. Tumaii J am ma. 
 
 ATCHKUTT, 
 
 Rice fields. Lands prepared for the culture 
 
 of rice.
 
 on the AOkirs of The EAST INDIA COMPANY. 
 
 AUM 
 
 ATIIALS, 
 
 Lniuts farmed or rented. 
 
 ATT I, 
 
 The name of a d^ed by which the Jahnhars, 
 or hereditary tenants of the soil in JMalahar, 
 pleds^e their lands, reserving to themselves 
 two-thirds of their Aaiuo, besides a certain 
 interest therein, amounting to about one-third. 
 
 ATTI KEMPOORUM, 
 
 T!;e name of a contract in Blulalar exeaited 
 when a hereditary tenant has occasion to bor- 
 row an additional sum oa a raortjjane. v. 
 
 on 
 
 Atti. 
 
 ATTI KULLY KANUM, 
 
 Tire name of a contract, or mortgage deed, 
 •:nearly synoninious with Atti. q. v. 
 
 ATTI PER, 
 
 The name of a deed in Mahhar^ h\ ^vhich 
 an hereditary tenant tiansfers the whole of his 
 interest in his land to a mortgagee, v. Appen- 
 dix, p.SOO. 
 
 AUMANY, AUMANI or AUMANIE, 
 
 (a. 4^*^ amdni). 
 Trust, charge. Land in charge of an ^meen, 
 or trustee, to collect its revenue on tlie part 
 of government. N. B. In the peninsula the 
 term is particularly applied to a settlement 
 under which the government receives its share 
 of the produce of the lands from each culti- 
 vator in kind, instead of stipulating for a pe- 
 cuniary commutation, or farming them out to 
 individuals by villages, or larger portions of 
 territory. The same terra appears to prevail in 
 Behar. 
 
 AUMEEN, 
 
 (a. ij-^1 anun), 
 
 Trustee, commissioner. A temporary col- 
 lector, or supravisor, appointed to the charge 
 of a country on the removal of a Zemindar ; 
 oi for any other particular purpose of local 
 investigation, or arrangement. 
 
 AUMIL, 
 
 (a. J.<b s-dmil). 
 
 Agent, oflicer, native collector of revenue. 
 Superintenilant of a district or division of a 
 country, either on the jiart of the government, 
 Zemindar, or renter ; the sam€ as AumiivDau, 
 q. V. 
 
 AUMILDAR, 
 
 (p. jLv-«^ ^amal-ddr). 
 Agent, the holder of an office. An intendant 
 and collector of thr> revenue, of uniting civil, 
 niililarv and financial powers, under the Mti- 
 /laniinudan gov erameut. v. Aumil. N. B. The 
 tcrijis 
 
 JwcU fdmil and Jjjv 
 are synonymous. 
 
 tamal-ddr 
 
 AUMILLY or AUMILY, 
 
 (p. ^^tA £nmali}. ^-wpiq-- 
 The harvest year. v. Fissly. 
 
 jJJU... 
 
 AZM— BAH 
 
 AUMIL NAMAIT, or, as sometimes written 
 OMULNAJIA, 
 
 (p. ULUj; £amal-7Kimah). 
 A written order or commission to an Aumil 
 or Aunii/dar, q. v. also a commission to take 
 possession of any land in the name of govern- 
 nicnt. 
 
 A U RUNG, 
 
 (p. i^J arccng). 
 The place wliere goods ar» mannfactured. 
 
 AWURDAII NOyiS, 
 
 (p. ^jj !iJij>\ dwardah-navis). 
 
 A writer or recorder of what is brought. 
 The title of certain accountants in the ceded 
 districts, to whom the fair accounts of the 
 surveys Avere delivered. 
 
 AYACRET, 
 
 Total cultivable land. 
 
 AYACUT, •)*> tii'U'- 
 
 Reputed measurement of land, listrd pre- 
 pared for cultivation. 
 
 AYENGANDEAS, 
 
 Piincipal men or members of a village. The 
 establisliment of a village, as maintained for 
 conducting tiie public concerns of it. 
 
 AYMA or AYMAH, 
 
 (a. i^\ aimaJi). 
 
 Learned or religious men. A general de- 
 signation of allowances to religious, and other 
 persons of the 3Iu/i(immadan persuasion. An 
 item'm the 3}2uscorM (ciJUjli-o niuzkurdt) q. v. 
 
 AYMADARAN, 
 
 (p. ^j^j i^\ aimah-ddrdn plur. of jb i^\ 
 
 aiviah-ddr). 
 
 Learned or religious persons who liold or 
 enjoy charitable donations. An article in the 
 nutscorat. v. Aysia. 
 
 AZMAYESH, 
 
 {p- ^J-'}^j^ CLztndyash). 
 Trial, examination. 
 
 BABOO, 
 
 (h. A) ^^ hdhii). 
 
 Master, sir. A Hindu title of respect paid 
 to men of rank, or high in office. 
 
 BAGAIIAT, or BAJYHAT, or BAUGAY- 
 111' R, or BAUGAY LT, 
 
 (a. CL:\i\: bdglidt). 
 
 Gardens ; garden lands. 
 
 BAIIADIRE, 
 
 (p. lJj>^^. hahdrlart). 
 The name of a coin. A pflg-otZa of a certain
 
 CLuSSAuY to Vili Report (iali) /;■,-;.';; Siilcct Coinr.ijUcc 
 
 BAZ 
 
 BA.IAKY, 
 
 The grain called millet. 
 
 BAJEFI KHERCH, or, by mistake, KIIERCK, 
 V. Bazee CuuTtit. 
 
 BA.TYHAT, 
 
 See Bagaiiat. 
 
 BAKHSIII, 
 
 (p. ^-i hahhshl). 
 Paymaster ; commander in chief. 
 
 BAKY, 
 
 (a. ^\^^ hdki). 
 Remainder, what remains. 
 
 BAKY KEFFYET, 
 
 (p. ij:-^;U^ jjib hdki hifdyat). 
 Remainina; profit, or surplus profit 
 
 The 
 balance of profit arising from the orii^iual 
 selling- price of salt, before appropriated to 
 individual benefit ; but afterwards resumed, 
 and incorporated with the public revenue. 
 
 BANGA, 
 
 A species of cotton. 
 
 B.\NI, 
 
 A certain weight equal to eighty nipces. 
 
 BANYAN, 
 
 (h. Li.- hanyd, s. <s( Pl^ han'ij). 
 
 A Hindu merchant, or shopkeeper. The 
 corrupt term hamjan is used in Bengal to de- 
 signate the native wiio manages the money 
 concerns of the European, and sometimes 
 serves him as an interpieter. At Madras the 
 same description of person is called Diibasli, 
 a corruption of Dzci-bashi, one who can speak 
 two languages : an interpreter. 
 
 BARIZ, 
 
 Rent. A term used in Dindigul, equivalent 
 
 to JUMMA, q. V. 
 
 BATTA, 
 
 (h. b hattd). 
 
 Deficiency, discount, allowance. Allowance 
 to troops in the field. 
 
 BAUGAYHET, 
 V. Bagahat. 
 
 BAUGAYUT, 
 v. Bagahat. 
 
 BAUGAUM, 
 
 (s. irPT hhdgam), 
 A share, or portion. 
 
 BAZAR, 
 
 (p.j^Ij Idzdr). 
 Daily market, or market place. 
 
 3AZEE, 
 
 (a. ,_5«i«J ha^zi). 
 Sundry, various^ miscellaneous. 
 
 BEG 
 
 BAZEE CURTCH,speltalso BAZEE KURCH 
 and BAJEII KIIERCK, 
 
 (r. ^j^^_^^ ha£-zi-kharach). 
 
 Sundry expenses. Various contingent dis- 
 bursements, and indemnities allowed to Zn- 
 viindars, in lieu of all expenses, otherwise 
 unprovided ("or. 
 
 BAZEE DUFFA, 
 
 (p. iju^^^^Mi has-zi (lafs^ah). 
 
 Sundry items; various items of taxation. 
 Revenue derived from fruits, artificers, &c. 
 
 BAZEE JAMMA, 
 
 (p. j-*=^|^jw=)u has-zi jama-z). 
 
 Miscellaneous total; aggregate of revenue 
 arising from sundry heads. Lamls held by 
 Brahinans and others. 
 
 BAZEE ZAMEEN, 
 
 (p. ^j^j^^^dxi bas-zi zamin). 
 
 Sundry, or miscellaneous lands. The term 
 is particularly applied to such lands as are 
 exempt from payment of public revenue, or 
 very lightly rated ; not only such as are held 
 by Brahmans, or appropriated to the support 
 of places of worship, &c., but also to the lands 
 held by the officers of government; such as 
 Zemindars, Canongoes, Pulwarries, &c. &c. 
 N. B. There formerly existed an office for 
 registering these lands, called j^j^^^j^^ 
 ba^zi zamin daf tar. v. Dufter. 
 
 BEDRH-CUNDY, 
 
 Pergiinnah charge in Si/lhet for providing 
 mats, embaling- silk, aud packing treasure sent 
 to Dehli/. 
 
 BEEBEE, 
 
 ("• efi^ Ubi). 
 A lady or gentlewoman. 
 
 BEEBEE NUZZER, 
 
 (h. jju^_jj^_j) bibi-nazr, from H.^^^ bibt 
 
 a lady, and a. j'ss nazr a present). 
 
 A present to the lady. An annual present to 
 the Begum or principal wife of the Cuddapak 
 Navob. 
 
 BEEGARAH, and, by mistake, BAYARAH. 
 
 (p. i,\Lj higdrahy from v.JLj bikd?-). 
 
 One who has no work, an idle fellow. The 
 Bcegarahs, in the peninsula, are a wandering 
 trilie of Seeks, who follow camps and occa- 
 sionally act as carriers. 
 
 BEGA, 
 
 (h. \^ bighd, a corruption of the SaU' 
 
 skrit term (cj^.^^ vigraha). 
 
 A land measure equal, in Bengal, to about 
 the third part of an acre; but varying iu 
 diflFerent provinces. 
 
 BEGUM, 
 
 (t. *C) h^gam). 
 A lady, princess, woman of higii roBk.
 
 on the Affiiirs of The EAST INDIA COMPANY. 
 
 BIG 
 
 BEHRY BU?v^J)Y, 
 
 V. BuEiiY Blnioy. 
 
 BEKEE, 
 
 (h. \j^^ Ikikhi from <^j^ hJdkhah, a 
 
 corruption of the Sanskrit word TH^F 
 
 hhikshd). 
 Begging, alms, cl;arity. An item of tax- 
 ation included ia the Abwab, q. v. 
 
 BELLAD, 
 
 (a. Jjj bildd plur. of Jo halad). 
 Cities, region:^, district^, countries. 
 BENJARY, 
 
 V. BUNJARY. 
 
 BERY BUNDY, 
 
 V. Bhery Bundy. 
 
 BHADOVY, 
 
 (h. c5jj'<e' hhddavt). 
 The sumraer harvest. 
 
 BHAY KHELAUT, 
 
 (r. ei-^xU^^L' hahd-l-khihat). 
 
 Cost of robes of honour called hh'dot. A 
 cess, or contribution, levied to delVay t!ie 
 expense of providing such dresses, charged 
 under the head zcr mal/iole, q. v. 
 
 BHERY BUNDY, spelt also BERY BUNDY 
 or BEHRY BUNDY, 
 
 (p. ij^jfJ hir-bdndi). 
 
 Well-building or repairing. Allowances for 
 additional charges for repairing causeways and 
 enibanknicats unprovided for othervi ise ; being 
 an item of the muscoral, q. v. 
 
 BHOGUM or BOGUM, 
 
 (s. ifjjf hhogam). 
 
 Enjoyment ; possession. 
 
 BHOGYADin, 
 
 (s. ^5[[ftf hhogyddl). 
 
 A species of mortgage in Caitara, signifying 
 pledge in possession. 
 
 BHt^WLEY, 
 
 (probably a corruption of tlie Sanskrii 
 
 vvord ^er5^ bdhulya abundance). 
 
 Tiie term, as applied to land, is used where 
 the produce of the harvest is divided between 
 the government and the cultivator. 
 
 BUOWLEY KHEEL, 
 
 Land recently brougJit into cultivation, of 
 the produce of which i!ie cuUivator has, on 
 that account, a larger proportion. 
 
 BHOWLEY P.\II, 
 
 Eand which, luiving Ijcen long cultivated, the 
 cultivator's share of the produce is proportion- 
 ably less than from Bhowley Kueel, q. v. 
 
 BICE, 
 
 (ii. (^-^ hais, s. ^S[dj' va'isya and fs^ 
 
 v'ni). 
 
 A man of the third Hindu cast, who by birth 
 is a trader, or a husbandman. 
 
 BRO 
 
 .:•'; ■' .' ■< V 
 
 BILLA SIIIRRET O xMASHROO T, 
 
 (a. li.j^. '.ijii h llld shari wa mashrut). 
 
 Without stipulation or being stipulated. 
 UncGJiditional, as applied to Jag/.irc grants. 
 
 BILLER SriERIT, 
 
 (probably a corruption of a. i'^ii; bild 
 
 shart). 
 Unconditional, v. Billa Shiurit oiVtAsu- 
 
 EOOT. 
 
 BILMUCTA, 
 
 By estimate. A term used in the Northern 
 Ciroars, for a Lind of tenure where the land is 
 held at a very low rent. 
 
 BIRJEBUSSIES or BIRJEBAUSSIES, 
 
 (n. ^^-V^v,' braj-busi) s. sj^c^jtfT 
 
 braja-vdsi). 
 
 An inhabitant of the district of Hindustan 
 called Braj. A description of men, armed v, ith 
 swords and sliields, employed by the Zcmindar.f, 
 in the 2i Pergiomahs, to guard their property 
 against Decoits or robbers. 
 
 BIRTorBIRTE, 
 
 (h. cj^j birt, a corruption of the Samkrit 
 
 term g^ vritti). 
 
 A maintenance. A small spot of land on 
 which a dwelling is erected, generally with 
 some ground around it, often granted to Brah- 
 mans. 
 
 BIRTE, 
 
 V. BlRT. 
 
 BISHNOWATTER, 
 
 (s. toTEDfr^ vishnufrd). 
 
 What is due to the god Vishnu ; grants of 
 land to Brahmans. 
 
 EOGAMY, 
 
 The chief of the left hand cast in the Din- 
 digiil province. 
 
 BOGUM, 
 
 (s. if^Jf ^f^'Jg^^'^)' 
 Enjoyment ; possession. 
 BRAnMIxV, 
 
 (s. <5i|^<rj Brahman or Brdhniana de- 
 rived from ^§f Brahma the Divinity). 
 A divine, a priest. 
 
 ERAIIMINEE, 
 
 (s. SiT^T*ft Brdhmani). 
 A female of the Brahmin cast. 
 BRE-VniADAY, 
 
 V. BllUMADAYUM. 
 
 BROMUTTER, 
 
 (A corruption of s. ^•^T^J Brahmafrd). 
 
 For the use of Brafnua. Lands the produce 
 of which is appropriated to ////«;«< ^jnples, 
 and for the peribraiance of religious worship.
 
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 BUR 
 
 BRUMADAY^^f,wr:tte^lalsoBRI•:MlIADAY, 
 andUUL'MADYA, 
 
 (?. 5roT5^^ BraJnrad^i/am). 
 V/liiit is due to Bralintti. Gr.uits of land to 
 Brahmnm Ibr religious purposes. 
 
 BRIIMADYA, 
 
 Tlif same us BnuMADAVU.M, q. v. 
 
 BUDKLK'KA, 
 
 (a. i^jJo badarhah). 
 A convoy, or j;unrd upon the road. A (ax 
 foi-convo>m«- i,'oo'.ls, protccSiiig the liiglnvuys, 
 a«d atteiKling- to the ialawd navigation. 
 
 BUKHSIAN AZAM, 
 
 (p. f^\ J^.^'. bahhsh'njnn-l-a-zam). 
 The most e\iiUed coiiimanders. A jagJiire 
 appropriation so called, lor the suppoi't of the 
 commanders of the royal armies. 
 
 BUI-LA, 
 
 Probably a mistake for Bctta, q. v. 
 
 BUrXOOTKIIDAllS, written also BULU- 
 TEDARS, 
 Classes of artificers, v. Bulootch. 
 
 BUl.OOTCir, . , ^T n 
 
 A bundle of corn, to wWh, in the j^forrtliern 
 Circars, each of the BuluoUdais, or village 
 artificers, m as entitled. 
 
 bumauya, 
 
 The same as BhumadayuMj q. v. 
 
 BUND, 
 
 (p. 43.:j band). 
 A band, bond, or fiistpning;. (From j:^ 
 bnsUm to bind). An enibiiukineiit against inun- 
 dation. 
 
 BUNDEII WALLAH BARGAII, 
 
 (p. i\i,lj"Jiy>Jcj bandah-i-wdld bdrgdh). 
 
 Servant of the exalted court. The detcamii/ 
 
 dele<?ate oTi the part of the king. An article 
 
 of the jagliire appropriations in the Uimar 
 
 jummah for personal and official charges. 
 
 BUNDER, 
 
 (p.jjw bandar). 
 A port or harbour. 
 
 BUNDOOBUST, 
 
 (p. L::-wjjAiJ band-o-bast). 
 Tyins: and binding. A settlement. A set- 
 tlement of the amount of revenue to be paid 
 or collected. 
 
 BUNDY, 
 
 The name of a certain dry measure in Catiara. 
 
 BUNJaRY, or BENJARY, 
 
 (h. 1i'^ banjdrd a corruption of the 
 
 Sanskrit word ^f^^^vaniJ). 
 
 A merchant ; a grain merchant. The Bun- 
 jnrirs are nicrciiants, who, in the peninsula, 
 follow camps, and supply armies with grain 
 and other provisions. 
 
 BURKANDAZES, 
 
 v. Bt KG i; NO ASSES. 
 
 BYK— CAD 
 BURKI^NDOSSES, 
 
 v. liuUUU.NDASSCS. 
 
 BURKONDOSSES, 
 
 v. Bllll-C UN» ASSES. 
 
 BURGUNDASRE.S, or BURKENDOSSES, or 
 UrRKANDAZES, or BURKONDOSSES, 
 
 (p. j\^J^y bark-anddz darter of light- 
 ning). ^ 
 JMen armed with matchlocks. 
 
 BURSAUT, 
 
 (h. tuLv barsdt a corruption of the 
 Sanskrit term ^"'^H^ varshartu, com- 
 
 pounded of cj t^i varshd rain, and 5grT 
 
 7'itu season). 
 The rainy season, the periodical rains. 
 
 BUTTA, written also by mistake BULLAS, 
 A certain land measure, called also Goolv. 
 
 BUTTAI, or BUTTEI, 
 
 (h. tjfb batdi, from the Sanskrit word 
 
 «s((j<i«rj banfanam dividing). 
 
 Portion, division, allotment. Rules by which 
 the crop is divided between the government, or 
 Zemindars, and the Jij/otSy where the public 
 dues are received in kind. 
 
 BUTTEI, 
 
 v. BUTTAI. 
 
 BYKENTAII, 
 v. Bykunta. 
 
 BYKONT, 
 
 V. Bykunta. 
 
 BYKUNTA, or BYKONT, or BYKENTAII, 
 
 (s. ^cPJ^^ vaikuntha). 
 
 Heaven, paradise. Pits, so called, used as 
 prisons in the time of Jnflicr Khan, into which 
 the Zemindars and renters were thrown, who 
 were in arrears, to compel them to discover 
 their resources. 
 
 C A BOOLE AT, 
 
 (a. <^:~^'yii kabulh/af). 
 An agreement; particularly that entered into 
 by the Zemindars and farmers, with the go- 
 v«rnnient, for the management and renting of 
 the land revenues. 
 
 CAD.IAN, 
 
 (Derivation uncertain). 
 A term used by the Europeans in the penin- 
 sula to denote "the leaves of the fiin palmira 
 tree. On which the natives of the south, write 
 with an iron style, v. Pottah.
 
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 11 
 
 CAU 
 
 -CALLAVASSUM 
 
 (tam. hdla-vdsam, s. c^|<^,c^ [^ kdla-va- 
 
 sam, from kdh time and vdsam resi- 
 dence). 
 
 Temporary residence. A term applied to the 
 Pariars and others who in the Company's 
 jaghire are employed as labouring- servants, 
 and cannot acquire property in the soil. 
 
 CILYOOGUM, 
 
 (s. cj^K<^-i|J| kali-yugam). 
 
 The present, or fourth a^e of the world ac- 
 cording to the chronology of the Hindus. 
 
 CANIATCHIKIDAR, 
 
 (tam . hdniydtchiklddr) . 
 A hereditary tenant, v. Caniatchy. 
 
 CANIATCHY, or, by mistake, CALIATCHY, 
 (tam. kdniydtchi). 
 
 A term used in Malabar, signifying landed 
 inheritance or property, having nearly the same 
 signification as the Persian v.ord Mee-kassee, 
 q. V. 
 
 CANONGOE, 
 
 (p. ^i^sy!^ kdnun-go, from a. (^,yli kd- 
 nun a rule, regulation, law, canon, 
 and P. ^ go speaking, telling). 
 
 An officer of the government, whose duty 
 was to keep a register of all circumstance.s 
 relating to the land revenue, and, when called 
 upon, to declare the customs of each district, 
 tlie nature of the tenures, the quantity of land 
 in cultivation, the nature of the produce, the 
 amount of rent paid, &c. &c. 
 
 CAR, 
 
 In TiinieveUj/, the autumnal harvest, be- 
 ginning with September and ending about the 
 middle of December. 
 
 CARAH, 
 
 The share of a piing or portion of landed 
 property in a village. N.B. pum, in I'amul, 
 signifies land, earth, ground. 
 
 CARAY, 
 
 Four shares or piDigs in the village tenure 
 called Agrauarah-vadiky. 
 
 CARREAII, 
 
 (tam. kdriya, s. cffp^ kdrya). 
 
 Affair, business, employment, v. Talt^uii- 
 cavel-carriah. 
 
 CAUZY or CAZI, 
 
 (A. i^li kdzi). 
 
 A Muhommadan '^nige or justice, who occa- 
 sionally officiates also as a public notary, in 
 attesting deeds, by affixing his seal thereto. 
 He is the same officer m horn in Turkey we call 
 Cadi. 
 
 CAITZY'UL CAUZAT, 
 
 (a. c^Liiillj^j^U kdziul kuzat). 
 
 Judge of judges. The chief judge or justice. 
 V. Gauzy. 
 
 CHA 
 
 CAVEL, 
 V. Cawel. 
 
 CAYELGAR or CAWELGAR, 
 
 (tam. kdval-gdr). 
 
 A guard or watchman, v. Cawei,. 
 
 CAVEL lands, 
 
 (tam. kdval). 
 
 Lands, the rents of v.hich were held to no 
 fray the expenses of guarding and watclui»g. 
 v. Cawei.. 
 
 CAVELLY, 
 
 V. CAWELtV. 
 
 CAVEL TALLUM, 
 V. Cawel Tallum. 
 
 CAWEL, or CAVEL, 
 
 (tam. kdval). 
 Custody, charge, watching, wartl, guard. 
 
 CAWEL, or CAVEL TALLUM, 
 
 (tam. kdval-talam). 
 
 Watching the place. Village watching fees, 
 or perquisites, formerly received from th.e inha- 
 bitants by the petty PoJigars ; but which be- 
 longed to the Tulfiars, or public officers, of 
 each village, v. Cawel, Tallu.-h, and Tal- 
 
 LIAR. 
 
 CAWEL DESHA or CAVEL DESHA, 
 
 (tam. kdval-d^sa or ddsha, s. ^T^f d'dsa, 
 
 a country). 
 
 Guarding tl»e country. District watching 
 fees, or perquisites collected from the inha- 
 bitants by the Poligars for protecting those 
 travelling tlie roads, and making good property . 
 stolen, v. Cawel. 
 
 CAWELLY or CAVELLY. 
 
 (tam. kdvali). 
 
 What relates to jjuarding and v/atchin'-. v. 
 Cawel. 
 
 CAWNIE, 
 
 (tam. kdni). 
 Hereditary land or field. 
 
 CAZI, 
 
 V, Caitzy. 
 
 CHACKERAN lands, 
 
 (p. ^j'^ chdkardn, plur. of J'ys- chdkar 
 a servant). 
 
 Lands allotted for tlie uiaintenance of public 
 servants of all denominations, from the 2iciiiin- 
 dar down to those of t'le villase e»tablt^n)ent!>. 
 
 CHALY GUENY, CIIALLI GUENY, or 
 CHALTE GUENY, 
 
 Tenant at will. v. GuEXY. 
 
 CHANK, 
 
 (s. ^^ sankha). 
 
 The conch shell. 
 
 CILIXNEL MAR AH, 
 
 In Tiimcselii/, the name of a ready-monev 
 tax.
 
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 GLOSSARY to Vth Report li\^) from Select Committee 
 
 Clio 
 
 CHANNEL VERY, 
 
 In Tinnevclli/, the name ofa tiuc. 
 
 CHAYA, 
 
 The name of a root yieldin"- a fineyollou' 
 colour. OldcnUiiidia umbdUUa. Hox. 
 
 CHELAII, V, Tittcn also by mistake ClIELAK, 
 
 (h. 1^ child). 
 
 A slave brought up in the house ; a fiivouritc 
 slave. 
 
 CHERAGHY, 
 
 (, ^^=- cliard"hL from cl.^ charu^h a 
 lamp). 
 
 Allowances for oil for tiic lamps burnt in the 
 tombs of reputed saints ; an item under the 
 head muscorat, q. v. 
 
 CIIESTEREE, 
 
 (A corruption of s. ^flf^ Jishatrii/a). 
 
 A man of the second or military tribe of 
 Jliiiclus, 
 
 CHILLARY MAUNIU.MS, 
 
 Sundry maunuims or lands granted to tem- 
 ples, revenue officers, and the public servants 
 of villages, v. RIauxiums. 
 
 CHILLER or CHILLAR; also CHITTA, 
 
 Small, petty. Sundry small gratuities or 
 cnaums in Dindigul. 
 
 CHILLER ENAUMS, 
 
 Sundry small gratuities, v. Chiller and 
 
 Enauji. 
 
 CHOAR, 
 
 ("• J^ colour). 
 A mountain robber. 
 
 CHOKEEDAR, 
 
 (p. Ji^^^ chai(Id-ddi'). 
 
 A watcliman. An officer wlio keeps watcli 
 at a cu-tom-housp station, and receives tolls 
 and customs, v. CuoiiY. 
 
 CHOKIE, 
 V. Ciioiiv. 
 
 CHOKY or CHOKIE, 
 
 (h. ^_/»=^ chauki). 
 
 A chair, seat. Guard, M-atch. The station 
 of a guard or Avatcliman. A plate where an 
 officer is stationed to receive tolls and cus- 
 toms. 
 
 CHOULTRY, 
 
 (taji. chdwari). 
 
 A covered public building, generally of hewn 
 stone, ofte.'i ric!i!y carved and ornamented, for 
 the accommodation of travellers. 
 
 ClIOUT, 
 
 (n. i^^ chauth from s. ^rTSj" Ciia- 
 
 turtha). 
 
 A fourth : a fourth pnrt of sums litio-ated. 
 An item of the sajjer. v. Cuauxtahy. ° 
 
 CHU 
 
 CI! OUT MARHATTA, 
 
 (n. -j:;^^ i^.s~ chauth marhatlah). 
 
 The Mahrallas fourth. A suhahdarn/ ilem 
 of t.Txation, under the term abxcnb, introduced 
 by yilli Verdi Khan, to make up for the de- 
 cieii'^c of revenue experienced by rclinquishiiig 
 to tl:e j\I(tlir(iUns a large jiortion of territory 
 as a commutation of the tribute long demand- 
 ed by that nation ftom the Mogul government ; 
 being a demand of a fourth of theyearlv i)icoiMe 
 of the landiiolders, but yielding in fact l)ut 
 10 per cent, of tiic gross collections of the 
 royal ^wchcquer throughout the peninsula. 
 
 CHOUTTAHY, 
 
 (n. ij^i^ cliaiithdyi, corrupted from 
 the Sanskrit term ^rf5]" chaturtlia). 
 A fourth part. 
 
 CHOWDRY, 
 
 (h. i^fi'-i-^ chaudhari, b. C5i<!3T chaud- 
 liari, a Hindu term, probably from the 
 Sanskrit, implying one \vho holds a 
 fourth). 
 A permanent superintendant and receiver of 
 the land re\enue under the Hindu system, 
 whose office seems to have been partly super- 
 ceded, by the appointment, first, ot the Croric, 
 and, afterwards, of the Zemindar, by the 3Ju- 
 hammadun government. 
 
 CHOWKEEDARY, 
 
 (h. i_sJ\S^y^ cliauhiddri). 
 
 The duty, or pay of a watchman. A tax for 
 defraying the expense of watchmen, v. Cuokv 
 and Chokeedar. 
 
 CHUBDAR, 
 
 (p.jb<_,^ chob-ddr). 
 
 Staff-bearer. An attendant on a man of 
 rr.nlv, one of whose employments is to an- 
 nounce the approach of visitors. He waits with 
 a long staff plated with silver, and runs before 
 his master, proclaiming aloud liis titles. 
 
 CHUCKEES, 
 
 Extra assessments in Crt«ffra under the former 
 
 governments. 
 
 v. CuUCliER. 
 
 Extra assessment in 
 
 CHUCKER, 
 
 (s. ^5f) chakra). 
 
 A wheel, a circle. 
 Ciinara of 1720. 
 
 CHUCKLA, 
 
 (h. ^C=>. chakld, b. l>t^^1 clidkld, 
 probably a corruption of the Sanskrit 
 term ^^ chakra, a wheel, circle.) 
 
 A d.v!,-ion of a country consisting of several 
 perguiinalis, sometimes equal to a moderate 
 sized. English county, and of Avhich a certain 
 number constituted a circar, or cliiefship. 
 
 CHUN AM, 
 
 (tam. chunndmpu, ii. 1;^.=- chand, b. ^1 
 
 chmid). 
 Lime.
 
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 CON 
 
 CHUTTER, 
 
 (s,^^ chatra). 
 
 UV»*brt>lla, shed. The name of an assess- 
 irip.r.r ;;i Canom, made in the year 1725 bv 
 Jjur^rjjih Kai^ue, to defray the expense ol 
 erccliiig sheds and feeding pilgrims. 
 
 CIRCAR, 
 
 (p. jKp, sarMr, for J^j^sar-i-Mr). 
 
 Head cf affairs. The slate or government. 
 A gr^jid divi-;ion of a province. A head man. 
 N. B. This title is much used by Europeans in 
 Bengal to deiignate the Hindu writer and ac- 
 comptant employed by themselves, or in the 
 public ofiices. 
 
 CIKCAR /.LI, 
 
 (p. ^J^^J^j-^ sarkdr-i-a^li). 
 
 The most exalted state ; the government. 
 Tlie term .is particularly used to denote the 
 viceroyal estal)lishment of the I\azun or Sou- 
 hahdar o\ the tliree imperial provinces of Ben- 
 gal, lialmr and Orissa : and forms an article in 
 the jamma tuniciry tashhtea, consisting of the 
 jageers or assignments of territory to defray a 
 Jarje portion of the military expenses of go- 
 TPriiment, the Nabob's household, and certain 
 civil list charges, v. Ciucar. 
 
 CIRCAR MARAMUT, 
 
 (p. i.j:.^j^Jjj^ sarJicir-marammat). 
 
 Repairs uy government. Repairs performed 
 at the expense of government to the rivers, 
 and great water-courses. 
 
 CODEWARUM, 
 
 (From the tam. words Txitdi an inhabi- 
 tant or tenant, and ivdrum a share). 
 
 The share of the tenants and of their la- 
 borers, in the net produce, either of the 
 nunjah, or of the punjah ; or of the sournadjjem 
 or fruit and vegetable land. v. Nunj.\h, 
 PUNJAIX, &c. 
 
 COLLURIES, 
 
 (H. ^}4 khaldri B. ^iJT^l; khdldri). 
 
 Places where salt is produced or boiled. 
 Salt-works. 
 
 COM.iR, 
 
 V. Khomar. 
 
 COMBIES, 
 
 V. COMMEWAR. 
 
 COMMEWAR or COMBIES, 
 
 In Telinga and Orissa, a tribe of husband- 
 men. 
 
 COMPTE BANKS, 
 
 In the Northern Circars, retail merchants. 
 
 COMCOPOLY. 
 
 (tam. kanahupilai). 
 
 An accountant, writer, clerk. 
 
 COW 
 
 COODEMARAMUT, 
 
 (Perhaps irom tam. hudi an inhabitant 
 
 or tenant, and a, t::-^^* marammat 
 repair). 
 
 Repairs performed at the expense of tlie 
 tenants tlicmselves, to the small channels and 
 to the banks or borders of the rice-fields. 
 
 COODUMBON, 
 
 A measure of grain. 
 
 GOODY, 
 
 (TAM. kudi). 
 Iniiabitaut, tenant, cultivator, 
 
 COOLIES sing. COOLY, 
 
 (Probably from the Tamul word hull 
 wages, hire ; or a contraction of kuU- 
 kdran a workman for hire). 
 Labourers, porters, 
 
 COOLL OOOTAH, 
 
 In the Ceded Districts, a term used to denote 
 lands let at a low rent to different casts. 
 
 COOLL GOOTAH SHROTRIUM, 
 
 (s.^^lflf^: Srotnyah a Brahman learn- 
 ed in the F^das). 
 
 In the Ceded Districts, lands let at a low rent 
 to learned Brahrttans. v. Cool Gootah. 
 
 COOLWAR or CULWAR, 
 
 (tam. kulwdr). 
 
 A statement of the Ryots holding lands ; or a 
 settlement made with the Ri/ots individually. 
 
 COOTALLY', 
 
 A species of cultivation in Tanjoor. 
 
 COPASS, 
 
 (B, ^"W^^ kdpds or ^'T^ kdrpds). 
 
 Cotton, the growth of Bengal, in contra- 
 distinction to what is imported, 
 
 CORGE, 
 A score. 
 
 COROOKUMS, 
 
 In Dindigul, spots of land in the poricando, 
 or hill fields, cuUivated by laborers, and paid 
 for by usage rent. 
 
 COSS, 
 
 (p. X.J karuh, s. ^^ hvsa). 
 
 A corrupt term used by Europeans to denote 
 a road measure of about two miles- but va- 
 rying in different parts of India. 
 
 COWL, 
 
 (a. J J kaul). 
 
 Word, saying; promise, agreement, con- 
 tract, engagement. \n engagement or lease 
 of land to a Zemindar or large farmer. 
 
 COWL-NAMAH, 
 
 (A. J J /raw/ and p, <uli ndmah). 
 An agreement in writing, v. Cowl and 
 Namah. a proclamation to Rt/ots, announc- 
 ing the rules and principles by which the de- 
 mands of government, on the lands in their 
 occupation, are to be regulated.
 
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 CUY 
 
 COWRY, 
 
 (tam. hori c ^^1 Itari). 
 A siijall s!icll u hicli passes as money. 
 
 CRAMBO, 
 
 Lands in which the lon^ grass has grown, and 
 the roots have gone deep under the earth, and 
 thereby rendered t!ic tillage diilicult. 
 
 CRORE, 
 
 {ii.j'f h-6r a corruption of the Sanshit 
 
 word ^fS" Utl). 
 Ten millions. 
 
 CRORIE, 
 
 ffi. u5i«-^ h'ori from <-^ hrov ten mil- 
 lions). 
 A collector of ten millions of dams. A per- 
 manent revenue collector of a poition of coun- 
 try, under the older MuhanwHidun government. 
 He sometimes, for a trilling- commission, made 
 himself answerable for that r.jnount. N. B. 
 Tliis officer appears to have been first appointed 
 A. D. 1374 by the Emperor Akhar. 
 
 CURNUM, 
 
 (tam. harnani). 
 Accountant of a village who registers every 
 thing connected with its cultivation and pro- 
 duce ; the shares or rents of tlu Uyol^ with the 
 dues and rights of government in the soil. It 
 answers to the terni Pulwarry in the Bengal pro- 
 vinces. Thp term is peculiar to the peninsula. 
 
 CUSBA, 
 
 (a. <u^" kashah). 
 A town or township. A town or village with 
 its hamlets. 
 
 CUTCHA, 
 
 (h. U^ kacJid, B. ^TI>1 hdnch(i). 
 Crude, unripe, immature, gross. An account 
 wherein ruptcs of difierent sorts are not yet 
 reduced to one denomination. 
 
 CUY-DAU 
 
 CUY KANUM PATAM, 
 
 In Malabar, tenure by labour, usufructuary 
 tenure. 
 
 B. ^■fe;!^ Jidch- 
 
 CUTCHERRY, 
 
 (h. t_?^-fs^ h'ach'hari 
 
 hdri). 
 
 Court of justice ; also the public oflice wh.erc 
 the rents are paid, and other business, respect- 
 ing the revenue, transacted. 
 
 CUTTA, 
 
 (probably, from a. -ulai kiUah a segment 
 or piece). 
 A term used in Tanjore for a field. 
 
 CUTWAL, 
 
 (p. J^^ Jiultvdl). 
 
 The chief officer of police in a large town or 
 city, and superintendaut of the markets. 
 
 CUY KANUM KAR, 
 
 III Ma'ahar, a tenant who liolds a jiiece of 
 land under a lease called Cuy Ka^num Patam, 
 q. v. 
 
 D. 
 
 DADNY, 
 
 (p Jj^J dudani, from p. ^^Jb dddan to 
 give). 
 
 Money given in advance to weavers and other 
 manufacturers. 
 
 DADNY MOLUNGIAN, 
 
 (p. ^J.J^^J\^ dddani malajigiydn'). 
 
 Advances to the salt-makers. An item of 
 the muscorat, q. v. See also Dadny. 
 
 DAKOITS, 
 V. Decoits. 
 
 DAR, 
 
 (p. Jj ddr, from P. ^^b dcishtan to hold, 
 keep). 
 
 Keeper, holder. This word is often put 
 after another, inacomi)ound state, as an attri- 
 butive of office or employment, connected 
 with the preceding term ; as Zainin-dtir, Dili- 
 dar, Cliob-diir. By adding ^ /' to ddr is ibrmed 
 the office, employment, or jurisdiction; as in 
 Zcmin-duri, &c. 
 
 DARMA or DIRMA, 
 (s. tfi-i dharma). 
 Religion, justice, duty. 
 
 DAROGAH, 
 
 (p. is.jj\^ ddroghah). 
 
 A superintendaut, or overseer, of any de- 
 partment ; as of the police, the mint, &c. 
 Tlie Darogali of police, in Eengid, under latQ 
 reo-ulations, has a limited iucai jurisdiction, 
 subordinate to the European magistrate of a 
 tillali or district, and has under Xiim an esta- 
 blishment of armed men. 
 
 DARULZARB, 
 
 (a. t_i;jyj ddr-uz-zarh) . 
 
 The house of striking : the mint. Receipts 
 from duty on coinage at the several mints. 
 Tne profits on coining. 
 
 DAUM, 
 
 (h. Jj ddm). 
 
 A copper coin, the twenty-fifth part of a 
 pisa: or, according to some, an ideal money, 
 the fortieth part ot' a rupee. 
 
 DAUN, 
 
 (s. tTP^ dhdnijd). 
 Corn, grain, rice.
 
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 lb 
 
 DEH 
 
 DAUNMUDDY, 
 
 (Seemingly a Tarmd corruption of s. 
 
 trpZJ^ffrT dkdnya-mati). 
 Rice land. 
 
 DAVAYDYEN, 
 V. Devadayem. 
 
 DECCAN JUMMA KIIAUMIL, 
 
 (p. J^'>s j-*f- ^.i dakhan-jamas-i-lid- 
 
 mil) . 
 
 The Deccan complete total. A term sub- 
 stituted in the Deccrm for assi! toomnr jumma 
 (q. V.) or com;)lete standard assessment begun 
 in 165-1, on the principle of Torcl Miilts ori- 
 ginal rent roll, and linished by the Emperor 
 Aurungzebe, in 1687. 
 
 DECOITS, 
 
 (h. ci-^Jj daJcaif, u. \5T'^^^ ddMit a 
 robber). 
 Gang robbers. 
 
 DECOITY, 
 
 (h J4d dalmiti B.\5\^'\t.'^ddMitt). 
 Gang robbery. 
 
 DEH, 
 
 (p »0 dih). 
 A village. 
 
 DEHARAH, 
 
 A Hindu term substituted in the Deccan for 
 DusTooa UL AuMCL, q. v. 
 
 DEHDAR, 
 
 (p. ,'J>J dih-ddr). 
 
 Village-keeper. An inferior officer of police 
 in a village, one of whose duties was to distrain 
 the crop, when necessary, tt> secure the rent. 
 
 DEHDAR AH, 
 
 (p. ^b»J dih-ddr), 
 V. Dehdau. 
 
 DEHD 'vRY, 
 
 (p. u>v^JW dih-ddr i). 
 
 The office of a Delidar, q. v. Also, origin- 
 ally, the appropriated share of produce, or 
 russonm of the Dc-hdar, then an article of the 
 nrakdarrij^ q. v. afterwards rendered an item 
 of the abi£ah, q. v. 
 
 DEH-KHURCIIA, 
 
 (p. 'i-s^^iJ dih-Jiharchah). 
 
 Village-expense. Contribution^- for defray- 
 ing certain expenses incurred in the villages for 
 public purposes, a branch of the neakdarrj/, 
 q. V. 
 
 DEH SALA, 
 
 (p. <j]L»j dah-sdlah). 
 
 What relates to a period of tea years : de- 
 cennial. 
 
 DES 
 
 DEO KUTCH, for DEO KRUTCH, 
 
 (s. (^^ deva god, and p. —^i March 
 
 expense, deca-k/rarch). 
 
 Disbursements for religious purposes, a r.e- 
 mindany charge. 
 
 DEOWUTTUR, 
 
 (apparently a corruption of the SamJiri( 
 
 cj^cj >j I de'vatrd). 
 
 For tlie gods. Land granted for religious 
 
 purposes. 
 
 DEROBUST, 
 
 (p. c:,^ .jj <far-(5-feff5^, compounded of 
 
 jO dur in, j o it, and l::_w bast closed). 
 
 Whole, entire. Whole prrgttnnahs, in con- 
 tradistinction to mutafarrikdt, or scattered por- 
 tiuns of territory. 
 
 DES, 
 
 (s. c^lfj d^sa, TAM. dds). 
 Country, district. 
 
 DESHA CAVEL or DESHACA^VEL, 
 
 (s. \^ desa country, district, and tam. 
 hdvcd vvatcliing). 
 District watching-fees. 
 
 DES 1 V AN D V M ENA UM, 
 
 (a provincial compound term used in 
 the Ceded Districts in the peninsula, 
 apparently derived from s. ^^SJ dem 
 
 country, s. <5j«-tr bamlha making fast, 
 and A. (♦U;! in~dm a grant). 
 
 A grant or remission made for the repairs of 
 
 tanks. 
 
 DESMOOK, 
 
 (jXM..dds-muTi horn s. i^i\ disci a districts 
 
 and s. <M<c( ?nukha mouth, face, front). 
 
 Headman of a district. Collector of a dis- 
 trict or portion of a countr3' ' ^" **ffifpr corres- 
 ponding with Zcviinddr, but more aiitient. 
 
 DESMOOKEE, 
 
 {rAM.dA-mi(ki,s. Z^JW\lS dc'sa-mttMi). 
 The office, or jurisdiction of a Dcsmooh. q.T. 
 
 DESPONDEAH or DESPANDEAH, 
 
 Register of a district, who, in the peninsula, 
 performs the same duties as the Canongoe of the 
 Bengal provinces. 
 
 DESPONDEE, 
 v. Despondeak. 
 
 DESWAR, 
 
 (tam. deswdr, p. ,Ll.v^ deshwdr). 
 By districts or countries. A^ plied to a state- 
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 DOW 
 
 DEVADAYAM, DEVADYEN, or DAVA- 
 DAYEM, 
 
 (s. ^cj<^ij deva-deyam, compounded of 
 
 Z^ deva a god, and <i^ deyam to be 
 given). 
 
 What is tlue to the gods. Grants of land for 
 rcligioKs pui'poses. 
 
 DEWAN, 
 
 (p. ^^„-i diivdn) 
 
 Place orasseni'-,ly. Native minister of the re- 
 venue department, and chief justice in civil causes 
 witiiin his jurisdiction ; receiver-general of a pro- 
 vince. The I jrm has also, by abuse, been used 
 to designate the principal revenue servant under 
 an European coliertor, and even of a Zemindar. 
 By tliis title the East India Company are re- 
 cei\ers-general, in perputnity, of the revenues 
 of BfngeiK Belmr, and Oii.'^a, under a grant 
 from the Great Mogul. See Dewanny. 
 
 DEWANNY, 
 
 (p. J'fcij diicdni). 
 The office or jurisdiction of a Daran, q. v. 
 
 DEWANNY COURT OF ADAWLUT, 
 
 A court for trying revenue, and otiier civil 
 causes, v. Adawlut. 
 
 DEWASTAUN or DEWUSTAN, 
 (s. <^H ^TFT ddvasthdnam). 
 
 Place or station of the gods : a temple. Lands 
 granted for the support of temples and other 
 religious purposes. 
 
 DEWRA, 
 
 (h. I^^o dewhrd for s. <i^q Jj^ de'oa- 
 gri/ia, literally, god-house). 
 A Hindu temple. 
 
 DHIRMADEY, 
 
 (s. tr*^{:;^3:f dnarma-ddya, from s. ^Tf 
 
 dhunna religion, and s. "^7^ deya to be 
 
 ivcn). 
 
 WJiat is due (n religion. Land held by Brah- 
 mins for religious purposes, v. Dahma. 
 
 DIRMA, 
 
 SeeDAUMA. 
 
 DIRROAS, 
 
 In the Ceded Districts, wells or embankments 
 for irrigati'-n. Mounds raised on the banks of 
 rivers for drawing up water in buckets. 
 
 DOONY, 
 
 (tam. doni). 
 
 A large boat, or coasting vessel, used by the 
 natives. 
 
 DOWLE, 
 
 (h. J^.j daul, B. C\5l^ dauT). 
 Form, manner. An estimate. 
 
 DUR 
 
 DOWLE BUNDOBUST, 
 
 (a. J.J daul a form, and p. i:L~^jXj 
 band-o-hast %ci\\ement: literally, esti- 
 mate-settlement. Or, if the second 
 word be read in the genitive case, tlic 
 form or estimate of a settlement). 
 
 A sub rent-roll, or account of particular 
 agreements with the inferior or under farmers 
 or lij/ ols of a district tor jl/a/and Sayer. 
 
 DUBASII, 
 
 (from s. fl" divi two, and s. i-| |<sf| 
 
 hkdshi, from s. ^ m j bhdaJid language, 
 
 together forming the compouud divi- 
 bhdslii). 
 One who sp?aks two languages : an inter- 
 preter. The Hindu who, at Madras, manages 
 tlie money concerns of the European, and serves 
 him as a confidential agent in his private and 
 public transactions with the other natives, v. 
 Bannyax. 
 
 DUFFADAR, 
 
 (p.J^Mj dcfnz-ddr). 
 
 The commander of a party of horse ; also of 
 Peons, q. v. 
 
 DUFTER, 
 
 (p. ^'j da f tar). 
 Register, record, ofBce. 
 
 DUFTER BUND, 
 
 (p. xjjJj! daftar-band, from /^} daftar 
 
 a register, and jcj band shut). 
 
 An offif -'.f^eper. AlUiw iuce to the office- 
 keepers of the cuttherrics, an item of tlie mus- 
 coral, q. v. 
 
 DUFTER KHANAH, 
 
 (p. <:->\^j^j daJiar-Jthdnah, from j^^ 
 daftar a register, and <cU- khdauk a 
 house). 
 
 A record office. Any office. 
 
 DUMBALAH DERON, 
 
 (h. Ij>j<s]Ljj dumbdlah-dharnd, from 
 
 p. <^lJ J dumhdlah the tail, and s. tj"^Tir 
 
 dharanam seizing). 
 
 Taking or seizing by the tail (as a cow to 
 urge her along, a common practice in India). 
 An ultimate and positive order to the Ryots for 
 reaping the harvest in the Northern Cinurs, 
 when the season is far advanced. 
 
 DURBAR, 
 
 {p.j\)jd darbdr). 
 The court, the hall of audience; a levee. 
 
 DURBAR-KHIRCH, 
 
 (p. ~ji~j\jjj durbdr-kharch, from P. Joj^ 
 
 darbdr the court, and p. -.ji kharch 
 
 charge). 
 
 Court chaiges.
 
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 DUS 
 
 DURMASANAM, DURMASENUM, 
 
 (a corruption of s. ^Tf rf/iarnm justice, 
 
 religion, virtue, and 3f|TT^ dsanam 
 
 a seat. ^^ It1«1 dharmdsanam the 
 
 seat of religion). 
 
 Places where water and rice are distributed 
 n-ratis to travellers. Religious cstablislimeuts. 
 Lands granted tor religious institutions at a low 
 rent, during the Hindu government, at Tinne- 
 xdly, 
 
 DUSADES, 
 
 (h. ,_^,-*l-'J s. <^ I <^ daidddsa, ft-ora 
 
 Zyj dasa ten, and ^Tf^SCT dd^sa com- 
 manding). 
 
 A commander of ten : a tithing man. A vil- 
 lage or petty officer of police. 
 
 DUSSARAH, 
 
 {K.\j^>i dashard, s. <^s(,i ^ <^ | dasa-Jiard, 
 
 from <^\ dasa ten, and "^TJhdrd seiz- 
 ing, taking away, expiating ten kinds 
 of sin or evil). 
 
 A Hindu festival in honour of Devi, or the 
 goddess consort of Sixa. It commences on the 
 tenth day after the ne)v moon in the month Asin, 
 answering to the lattei* end of September, and 
 lasts nine days. 
 
 DUSSOEA KUTCH or KRUTCH, 
 
 (from s- ^ST^XT dasa-hard the name 
 
 of a Hindu festival, and p. ~j^ kharck 
 expense, charge). 
 
 Charges on account of the festival called 
 Dussara/i, q. v. 
 
 DUSTOOR, 
 
 (p.jy^j dasfur). 
 Custom, a customary fee or commission, v. 
 Muse OR AT. 
 
 DUSTOOR CHACKERAN, 
 
 (A.and p. JJ^j^ci dastur-i-chdhardn). 
 Fees of sen ants. v. Chackeean, 
 
 DUSTOOR UL AUMUL, 
 
 (a. J)Mi,\j^^ dustur-id-~amal, from 
 
 ^vL-j da)>tur custom, rule, J\ al tlie 
 
 article, and J-^ £«?««/ office, business). 
 
 Rule of business. Political and official regu- 
 lations or institutions. 
 
 DUSWAHAH, 
 
 The enaiims or free lands of ChuUers or 
 C/ioullrics, q. V. 
 
 DUSWANAH, 
 
 A tenth. The name of an addition made to 
 the standard rent in Bcdnoie, in the year 1723. 
 
 EZA 
 
 E. 
 
 EAHTIMAM, or, by mistake, EAIITIMAN, 
 
 (a iUiJil ihthndm). 
 
 Care, trust, charge. In tlie plural, Zemin- 
 darrj/ trusts, or jurisdictions, of greater or less 
 extent, into wliich the hhalsa lands, or tliose 
 paying rent, were divided by the Mulmmmudam. 
 
 EAHTIMAM BUNDY, 
 
 (p. ^5Ai^*Uiil ihtimdmhavdi). 
 
 The settlement of a trust. JavmhMidij, or a 
 settlement of the revenue of a district annually 
 concluded with the Zemindar, v. Eautimam. 
 
 EAHTIMAMDAR, 
 
 (p. ^.LyUiiil ilitimdm-ddr) . 
 One w ho holds a trust. A Zemindar, q. t. 
 
 EJARAH, 
 
 (a. ij\f-\ ijarah). 
 A farm of land, or rather of its revenue. 
 EJARAH DAR, 
 
 (r- 
 
 J"-''> 
 
 .\ 
 
 ijdrah-ddr). 
 
 The holder of a farm of land, or rather of its 
 revenue, v. Ejarah. 
 
 ENAUM, 
 
 (a. »\xj\ inzdm). 
 
 Present, gift, gratuity, favour. Eiiaums are 
 grants of land free of rent : or assignments of 
 the government's share of the produce of a 
 portion of land, for the support of religion* 
 establishments and priests, and for charitable 
 purposes ; also to revenue officers, and the 
 public servants of a village, v. Mauxiuus. 
 
 ENAUMAT, also, by mistake, ENAUMAL, 
 (a. tL-"UUjl hudmdf, plur. of a. /•1«j1 
 
 in^dm. 
 Grants, gratuities, v. Exaum, 
 
 ENAUMDAR, 
 
 (p. jLyltl hudm-ddr). 
 
 Holder of any thing as a favour. A person 
 in the possession of rent-fiee, or favorably 
 rented, lands : or in the enjoyment, under 
 assignment thereofj of the government dues 
 from a particular portion of land, granted from 
 charity, dc. v. Enaum. 
 
 EYEEDEIN, 
 
 (a. dual, ^^.J>-* sidahi). 
 
 Two religious festivals of the Muhammadana. 
 
 EZAFA, 
 
 (a. ^-iU htifah). 
 
 Addition, augmentation, increase. Increase 
 of revenue from districts effected, by haslabood 
 investigations, under Sultan Sitjali, in 1G89, on 
 the accession of the Emperor Akmghcer (Au- 
 rungL^be) ; being a new valuation of the ancient 
 land revenue, as settled by the assul tumar 
 jammah of Torell Mull, in 1582, and, in sub- 
 sequent years, added toby the gradual improve- 
 ment of the lands, and by periodical enquiries, 
 reducible to three general heads, 'ciz, Ahaab, 
 Jytjj'uel, and Toxi-fecr.
 
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 GLOSSARY to Vth Report (1812) from Select CommiUee 
 
 FOU 
 
 F. 
 
 FAQUEER, 
 
 {\. jjj falih-y 
 A poor in:m, nifpilicant, or wandering beg- 
 gar of the sect of Muhammad. 
 
 FAQUER UL TEJAR, 
 
 (a . Jlsi^^'j fdkhir-ut- tvjjdr) . 
 Noble merchants. A description of Mogul 
 merciiaiits. 
 
 FARIGH KIIUTTY, 
 
 (p. jii->- fdrigh-Miatli). 
 A written release. 
 
 FASL or FASAL, 
 
 (a. J-jiifaxl or fasal). 
 Season, crop, harvest. 
 
 FEELKHANEH, 
 
 (p. i^\:^J)^ jil-lthdnah). 
 Elephant house or stable. An article charged 
 under tlie soubahdarri/ nbxcab. 
 
 FEROOSH NEMMUCK, 
 
 (p. i^S^ J^'^} farvsh-i-namali). 
 Sale of salt (l)_y a contract called mobai). 
 
 FERROAY, 
 
 Fines and confiscations-, v. Foujdarrv. 
 
 FIRMAUN, 
 
 (p. ^/ farmdn). 
 Order, mundate. An imperial decree, a roy- 
 al grant or charter. 
 
 FOUJDAR, 
 
 (p. }-^^i fmij-ddr, from ^^ fnvj an 
 anny, andjb ddr keeper, holder). 
 Under the Mo:;ul government, a magistrate 
 of the police over a large district, vvlio took 
 cogiiizance of ail criminal matters within his 
 jurisdiction, and sometimes was emplojed as 
 receiver general of ti)e revenues. 
 
 rOl JDAKRAN, 
 
 (.,',,Lv^^i faujddrdn, plur. of P. j^^^ 
 faiijddr). 
 
 I\,vjdms. An srticlo in the tumnr jowvich 
 roll, bring a jV/n/./Vf appropriation for the civil 
 and military rxpenpes of inferior Nohohs and 
 d.^pnties «f government ; or, as the name im- 
 ports, of the lot'jdars. 
 
 FOUJDARRAN KEFFYET, 
 V. Krifyet. 
 
 FOIJDARRY, 
 
 (p. ^}^.ifaujddr{). 
 
 Any tiling appertaining- to a Fnujdfir, as his 
 officej jurisdiction, court, and the lik;\ Also 
 the produce of iine^, coiitiscatioiis, and chouf, 
 in the f'oujdairj/ courts, v. Chout. 
 
 FUT— GAT 
 
 FOU.TDARRY ABWAH, 
 
 (p. i~Jy\ ^j\j^js fifiijddri abwdb). 
 
 FoKJddrn/ assessments. A^i.^essnients made by 
 thv Foi/jdais. Ali-o a soUhah/lwri/ \n\\)0'ii esta- 
 blislied by Siijcli Kliiiuii, bfii.g iu the nature of 
 a territorial assessment, levied fiom tlie'/'oK/'- 
 o'nrs in t!ie frontier districts, which were hnpor- 
 fcctly explored, or brought into subjection to 
 tlie ruling power of the state. 
 
 FOU.TDARRY Court, 
 
 (From V. j\i>^t:fmijddr, q.V)- 
 A court for administcrijig the crimiiial law. 
 
 FOUJ SEIJUNDY, 
 
 ( ^_f jc_c-o_.y fauj-isehhandi). 
 
 Provincial troops, native nfnlJtfa employed in 
 the police, convoying treasure, protecting the 
 revenues, &c. v. Moulacii. 
 
 FU8LY, 
 
 (^jL=j fasli, from a. ^}^ fad or fasal. 
 
 Wisat relates to the seasons: the harvest 
 year. 
 
 FUSILY KHEREEF, 
 
 (s. uJjji- ij^ fasl-i-Marif). 
 
 Tlie autumnal season, or harvCst fOr rice, 
 millet, &c. 
 
 FUSLY RUBBY, 
 
 (p. ^^jjt^fasl t-rabh). 
 
 The spring season or harvest, for peas, 
 wheat, &c. 
 
 FUTWAH, 
 
 (A- 4»r-' /"'"•»)• 
 
 A junicial decree, sentence, or judgment; 
 particularly when delivered by a Mufli or doc- 
 tor of Muhammadan law. 
 
 G. 
 
 GAM, 
 
 (b. ^1 gdn H. y^ gdiD with slight nasal 
 before the w, corruptions of s. ^TPT 
 grdma). 
 
 A village. 
 
 GANGANAH, 
 
 (p. ij^'€ gd)igdnah from s. STJIT grdma 
 a village). 
 By village's, a settlement by villages. A 
 term, equivalent to mnuzmsar, used to de- 
 signate a village settlement. 
 
 GATWALL, 
 
 (h. J ^j— ^ A ^'"'^ wdl) . 
 Who lias cliorge of a pass in the mountains, 
 or a landing place on a river.
 
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 GOR 
 
 GAUTWAR, 
 
 (h. j\^\^ gkdt-wdr). 
 V. Gat WALL. 
 
 GENTOO, 
 
 (Probably a corruption of the word 
 Gentile). 
 
 Indian. One of the abori2;:nes of India. 
 At Madras our countrymen use this term to 
 designate the language and people of Teliin- 
 gana. 
 
 GHEE, 
 
 ("• ^ ghi). 
 Clarified butter, in which state thej preserve 
 fliat article for culinary purposes. 
 
 GHEECOTTAH, written also GHEEGOOTA, 
 
 (From H. ^ ghi). 
 
 A villan^e monopoly, the renter of which has 
 the exclusive right of buying and selling ghee 
 in retail, v. Ghee. 
 
 GIRDAWAR, or GIRDWAR, 
 
 (p.j^j>/girddu)ar or Jyi/ glrdwdr). 
 
 An overseer of police, under whom the 
 Got/endas or informers act, and who has the 
 power to apprehend those whom the latter point 
 out. 
 
 GODOWN, 
 
 (European corruption of the Maldy term 
 
 '^^ gadong or 'ijJo gaddiig). 
 A warehouse. 
 
 GOLAWER, 
 
 (From s 7\\ g6 a cow). 
 A tribe of cowherds in Telinga and Orissa. 
 
 GO^ASTAH, 
 
 (p. i:Ji>'uf gumdslitfth, perfect part, of 
 
 ^j^^^ gKtndshfan to send forth upon 
 any particular bus ncss). 
 
 A commissiouerj factor, agent. 
 
 GOOROO, 
 
 (s- 3J^ guru), 
 
 Gr 1 ve, a grave rrian ; the spiritual guide of 
 a Hindu. 
 
 GOOTOO, 
 
 (tam giinta or dina-ghitu honey-comb). 
 
 A license by cu'itom paiJ for as much of 
 honey and liees-wax as may be found by the 
 renter in particular forests or mountains. 
 
 GORAYAT or GORAYT, 
 
 A petty officer in a villn<re whose chief duty 
 was to guard the crop. v. Pausban. He acted 
 under tlie native collector, and his office is 
 described to h?.ve been somewhat like that of 
 a common Peon. 
 
 GUPt 
 
 GOSHWARAH, 
 
 (p. )iJJ:>f g6shwdrah). 
 The abstract of an account. 
 
 GOUR, 
 
 In Coimhalore, Head men of villages : Po- 
 TAiL and Meerassadars, q. v. 
 
 GOYENDA, 
 
 (p. as^^ goi/ar.dah, from p. ^j:jo guff an 
 to speak, say, tell, inform). 
 
 An informer, a spy to discover public 
 offenders. 
 
 GRAM or GRAMA, 
 (s. ^TT^T grama). 
 A village. 
 
 GRArvIA KHIRCH, 
 
 (From 3^7Jf grama a village and' r. -/■ 
 
 March expence). 
 
 Village charges, or expenditure, v. Kiiirch 
 Gram. 
 
 GRAMMATAN, 
 
 (tam. grdmdian, s. 5rX5r^l*T £'''o/;ia- 
 
 d/idna), 
 
 A villager, head nian of a village, or 
 POTAIL, q. v. 
 
 GUDDAD, 
 
 Broken uneven land brought into cultivation, 
 by the hand. A species of landholders in the 
 Ceded Districts who hold their lauds at a re- 
 duced rent. 
 
 GUENI or GUENY, 
 
 Tenant. 
 
 GUENY CHALIE, 
 
 In Camira, a tenant at will. The same as 
 
 CuALIE GUENV, q. V. 
 
 GUENY NAIRMUL, 
 
 In Caiiara, a proprietor of land. The same 
 
 asNAIRMUL GuENY, q. V. 
 
 GUENY SHUDMUL, 
 
 In Canard, a tenant for ever. The same as 
 
 SlIUDMUL GUENV, q. V. 
 
 GUIRE BEKENNY written also GUIRE 
 BALAUNY, 
 The resuption of an allowance of land given 
 up to the Jij/ots, being the tenth of a bcgah. 
 
 GUNGE, 
 
 (p. Jt gavj). 
 
 A granary, a depot, chiefly of grain, for sale. 
 Wholesale markets held on particular days, and 
 resorted to by petty venders and trader^. Also 
 commercial depots. 
 
 GURNY, 
 
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 HAV 
 
 11. 
 
 HACKIKUT, 
 
 (a. ^^aJL>- haldkal). 
 Statement, exphmntion, particular account. 
 
 HACKIK.AT JUMMA, 
 
 (p. •fc-*s- ^•^:--^h^ hahihut-i-jamas). 
 
 A fetateinent, or the particulars, of the 
 jumnia, or sum total of an account. An l;is- 
 torical detail of the Utmmij rent-roll down to 
 the acquisition of the Dcz:amij/. 
 
 HAKIM, 
 
 (a. i^ls- hdhim). 
 Commander, ruler, governor, master. Tlie 
 governing'iiuthorify in a province. 
 
 HALDAREE, 
 
 (p. i_?^.^jj''^ hdl-ddri from a. JU hdl 
 
 state, condition, situation, circumstance, 
 
 and p.jL> ddr keeping, holding). 
 
 A tax on marriajfes, an item of the ulrj:ah or 
 
 cesses. N. B. This term may also mean a tax 
 
 on ploughs, from s. ^^C^ hala a plough, and 
 
 p. ^J^ duri holding, or keeping. 
 
 HAL HACKIKUT, (written also by niistake), 
 HAK-HACKUT, 
 
 (p, ui->s-ii=- JW luil-haMkat). 
 
 The present state. An account of the pre- 
 sent state of the revenue as established in the 
 Iiustahood, q. v. 
 
 HAREES, 
 
 {a. ^_,'-;W hdris). 
 ^<f-. A guard, centinel, or watchman. A petty 
 officer of police in a town oi- village. 
 
 HASIL, 
 
 (a. J-sW hdsil). 
 Produce, result, proceeds, revenue, duties. 
 
 IIASIL KH ALARY, 
 
 (p. i/jV J^^ hd.sil-i Ihaldri). 
 Produce of the salt-works. A head of salt 
 revenue collections, incbuiing the original 
 •rround rent of the salt lands, v. Khalauy. 
 
 HASIL-NEMrCK, 
 
 (p. uX«J J-s^ hdsil-i-namak). 
 Proceeds of salt. Duties on salt. 
 
 HASTABOOD, 
 
 (p. j.j^ i.:>wa hast-6-buJ). 
 Literally, what is and was. A comparative 
 account. "An examination by measurement of 
 the assets or resources of the country, made 
 immediately previous to the harvest. Also, 
 in a more general sense, a detailed enquiry 
 into the value of lands financially considered. 
 
 HAV ELL Y, 
 
 (a. ^'.f- haii'i).. 
 House", habitation, domain. In Boignl the 
 term is applied to such lands as are l-.cld by a 
 Zemindar for his own benefit ; but at Madras 
 
 HUZ 
 
 it designates such as are under the immediate 
 management of government, without the inter- 
 vention of Ztmindars or Jagliircdars, the re- 
 venues of which are either fanned out on short 
 leases, or collected by its own officers, without 
 any other agency, v. A7/«.<, which in Bengtil is 
 the term used in the sense of Haxcllij as 
 applied at Madrus. 
 
 IIAUT, 
 
 (s. ^"S hatta, B. ^ hat or "^ Mtt, 
 
 H. trjlii hat). 
 
 A weekly market held on stated days. N.B. 
 A bazar is a daily market. 
 
 HAZARY, 
 
 (p. <_fj)j£i hazdri from^^ja hazdr a thou- 
 sand). 
 The commander of a thousand men. 
 
 HAZARIAN, 
 
 (a. ^J^Jy» hazdrii/dn plur. of ijJjH ha- 
 zdri, q. v.). 
 
 The commanders of a thousand men each. 
 The expense of ten regiments of standing 
 troops under English officers, v. p. CiSJ for tica 
 regiments read ten. 
 
 HINDOO or HINDU, 
 
 (p. jAiA Hindu). 
 
 One of the aborigines of India, by the Per- 
 sians called Hind. 
 
 IIISSA, 
 
 (a. &.£* hissah). 
 Share, portion, division, part, llism lands are 
 such as are divided, with respect to the rcnl, 
 into shares, payable to two or more ZcmindarSf 
 who are called i//5sac«r5 or share-holders. 
 
 HISSAWB, 
 
 (a. i—:\^s~hisdb). 
 An account, computation, calculation. 
 
 HISSAWB KORCHA, 
 
 (p. &>-^t_;L.»- hisdb-i-kharchah). 
 
 An account of disbursements. 
 
 HOBLY, 
 
 In Cunara, a district. 
 
 HOODUD, 
 
 (a. ^»ss>. htidi'td, plur. of a. ^^^ hadd 
 a limit or b(.undary). 
 Prescribed penalties by the J\fu/iam)nadan law. 
 
 HUSBULWOSOOLEE MAROCITA, 
 
 (p. ^j.rfj!^i^->..-^ hasb-ul-uojii'ili). 
 
 A tax according to what may be collected. 
 Estimated receipts on marriages, being a liead 
 of revenue introduced in Dinagepore in 17G2. 
 
 HUZZOOR, 
 
 (^A^jyiis^ hiiziir). 
 The presence. The seat of government, or 
 of the European authority in a colle>.tor=hip. 
 
 V. SUDDEH.
 
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 HYU— lAJ— JAG 
 
 liUZZOOREE, 
 
 (p. Ljjy^^ huzuri from a. jy^=^ huztir, 
 q. V.) 
 
 Relating to the presence, or cliicf station of 
 "European autliorily. Applied to Ta/nokd/irs, 
 &c. tiie term indicates that thej pay their reve- 
 nue immediately to the European officer of 
 government, and not through Zemindars. 
 
 iiyLM, 
 
 I^ a term used in Coimhatore to designate a 
 branch of soornadijem, or rents payable in 
 money, which is fixed, or at least suljject to 
 little variation, such as tlie produce of trees, 
 the rent of collections made from gingci-, &c. on 
 the hills. 
 
 I. 
 
 IJARAH, 
 
 (a. i!j\>-\ ijdrah). 
 
 A farm, particularly of the revenue of a dis- 
 trict. 
 
 IJARAHDAR, 
 
 (p.jb«;W ijdrah-ddr). 
 
 The holder of a farm. A farmer of the reve- 
 nues of a district. 
 
 ISTEMERAR, 
 
 (a. ,lj^c_:l istimrdr). 
 
 Continuity : the being constant and conti- 
 nuous ; perpetuity. 
 
 ISTEMERARY, 
 
 (p. ^Jj-*z^\ isthnrdri). 
 
 Of or relating to Istemerar, q. v. An 
 IsTEMEUARV PoTTAii is a IcBse in perpetuity. 
 
 ISTEMRARDAR, 
 
 (p. J<ij\jA:iJ\ istimrdr (Mr). 
 The holder of a grant in perpetuity. 
 
 ISTIMRAREE, 
 
 (p. ^j\y^ istimrdri). 
 Perpetual, continuous, v. Istemerary. 
 
 J. 
 
 JABESTAN, by mistake for TABESTAN, q. v. 
 
 JAGGERY, 
 
 {jxM.jakarai), 
 Sugar. Sugar in its unrefined state. 
 
 JAGHEER NOWARAH, 
 
 (p. i>J\^< jj ^\:>- jdy-gir-i-ndwdrah. 
 Ajnghea' tor the support of an establishment 
 ■of boats at Dacca. 
 
 EAZ 
 
 JAGH'EER TANAJAL'T, 
 
 (p. ol=~ iJi^jfS ^'^jdy-gtr-i-fhdnahjdi) . 
 Thssameas Jagui.ie Tanajiaut, q.v. 
 
 JAGflIRE or JAGKEER, 
 
 i}'- j^'r?'=rj^^y-g'r, from U Jm place, and 
 ji^ gir taking, the two words being 
 united by ^ i, here the sign of the 
 genitive case). 
 
 _Litoral!y the place cf talincr. An assignment 
 ot the government share of the produce of a 
 portion of land to an individual. There were 
 two kinds of /«o/«'m-, one called J,-./^-U 
 
 j(h/-^ir-i-tan bodily or personal ja^hirc. bein"- 
 for the support of the person oi' Uic grantcel 
 the other ^jj^\s..jaj/.gir-i-sar Jaqfiire of the 
 
 head, or an assignment for the support of any 
 public establiihment, particularly of a military 
 nature. ^ ■' 
 
 JAGHIRE BUCKSHEE, 
 
 (p. ^^'jJ^[=~jdj-gir-i-bakksln) . 
 
 A jaghire for the support of a general or 
 commander-iR-chief. 
 
 JAGHIRE CIRCAR, 
 
 (p. jl^ .-f^jl^ j^J/S ir-sarJidr) . 
 
 The jaghire of the government : /. p. th? 
 Company's jaghire under tiie presideacy of 
 Fort St. George. 
 
 JAGHIRE DEWANxNY, 
 
 ( I'. (J \j>_^jJ^\». jdy-g ir-i-ditoan i) . 
 
 The jaghire of the Detcann// .- i. e. of the 
 office of JJewan held by the Company. 
 
 JAGHIRE TANAHAUT, 
 
 (p ■ e-'l^ U^./^_cU jdy-gir-i-fhdnahdt) . 
 
 Jaghires for the support of lanahs, or smaU 
 garrisons of sebundj/ troops. 
 
 JAM MA, 
 
 (a. ^~^to~ jama^). 
 
 The whole, total, sum, amount, sum total, 
 assembly, collection. The total of a territorial 
 assessment. 
 
 JAMMABUNDY, 
 
 (p. ^s^ -^^^ Jaina~-bandi). 
 
 A settlement of tlie total of an assessment, 
 or a written statement of the same. 
 
 JAM^IABCNDY NUCKDY, 
 
 (r. ^S£j ^^:^ ^-^jama~-bandi-i-nalidi). 
 
 A money settlement cf the total of an assess- 
 ment. 
 
 JAMMADAR, 
 
 (p. j\.^x^:^ jdma~-ddr). 
 
 A native officer so denominated, v. Jamjja 
 and Dar. 
 
 (F)
 
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 GLOSSARY to Vth Report (1812) from Select Committee 
 
 JEL 
 
 JAMMA KAUMIL, ■ ''' 
 
 (r. ^U € ^.^^^ jama^-i-kdmil). 
 
 The couipU^tc ov perfect jamtna, or total of 
 an arispssmoiit. The complete standard a^f^ess- 
 nipiit of (ho Dcrain on the principle of Toorell 
 JMiill's original rent-roll. 
 
 JAMMA KHIRCH, 
 
 (p. _j»- ^->u>-jama£-kharch). 
 
 Receipt and payment. Applied to an ac- 
 count, a statement of receipts and disburse- 
 menti!. 
 
 JAMMA TUMARY, 
 
 (p. oj^y %-^ jamas^-utumuri). 
 
 The total according to the tuniar or rent- 
 roll. V. TUMAR. 
 
 JAMMA WAUSIL BAKY, 
 
 (p, ^\i jJ<^ ^^jama~-u'dsil-hdM). 
 
 Totai-received-bahince. An account in three 
 columns, stating the totals of the revenues ex- 
 pected according to the settlement, the amount 
 received, and tiie balances outstanding. 
 
 JANAJAUT, 
 
 (h. ejU-Ls- jandjdt, from s. 3f«T jana 
 
 person, and s. ZsTIrT jdta sect). 
 
 Man by man, individual. This term, applied 
 id y. Pottah^ means a lease to each individual 
 
 JANGLE, 
 
 (h. jL^ja-gal, s. J\J\x:')jangala), 
 
 A wood or tliicket, a coiintrv overrun with 
 wood or long grass, in a rade and uncultivated 
 state. 
 
 JANGLY, 
 
 (from s. zi[7]^tjangaki). 
 
 Overrun with./««g/p, or situated in the stiidst 
 of jungles. V. Jungle- 
 
 JARE^AN^ .^^,-v. .ijr,; 
 
 (p. ^^lys- jaHt'iydn plur. of ^,j^jaribi 
 a personal noun from a. i.^,f^ jarib a 
 certain land measure). 
 Land measiirei'S in the Northern Circars. 
 
 J ELM, 
 
 (A Muluhar corruption of s, ^P^T 
 janma). 
 Bii th, l)irthrigbt. v. Jemnum. 
 
 JELM SvA II, the same as JEMNUMKAR, q. v. 
 
 JELMlvAR GUENY, 
 
 See Jelmicak and Gueney. 
 
 JELNUM PO.MNUJAM, 
 
 (A Malabar corruption of s. ^ri-j M«-|S5iT 
 janmam punarjam). 
 
 Literally, birth again born. The term is 
 particularly applied to a mortgage deed, upon 
 t!te execution of which the proprietor parts 
 with almost his whole interest in the \ixa^. 
 
 JYA— KAP 
 
 JEMNIJM, 
 
 {A Malabar corruption o£ iiii&Sansltrit 
 
 word 3T^ janmam). "" '"~"' 
 
 Birth, birthright. Hereditary or proprietary 
 right in the soil: '*^*' ' 
 
 JEMNUMKAR, 
 
 (A Malabar corruption of s. 3p*y J««- 
 mam birth, and the personal termi- 
 nation hdr). 
 A proprietor by inheritance. 
 JIZEA, ■-.ai.uxx.A 
 
 A tax imposed by Muhummadans on infidels 
 and idolaters. : jgq griT 
 
 JODIGA, ■' ^wH • 
 
 A branch of the sornaiyem, q.'V. ictjhsisting 
 of a quit-rent paid by Brahmans for enaum 
 lands held by them. 
 
 JORE, - ' 
 
 Quit rent. ^ 
 
 JOWARY, 
 
 Indian corn. Sort of millet. Holcus sorg- 
 hum, L. 
 
 JUMMUM, the same as JEMNUM, q. t. 
 
 JYA RUM, 
 
 In the Carnatic, a register of lands. 
 
 K. 
 
 KADEEM, 
 
 (a. (*jl.' hddim). 
 
 Head, head man. One of the numerous 
 terms used in the peninsula to designate the 
 head man of a village. 
 
 KAM WASSOOL, 
 
 See KuAM-WossooL. 
 
 KANUM, 
 
 (mal. Idnam). 
 Mortgage, usui'ructuary property acquired bj 
 niorln-aee. See Canum and Kanum Patdm. 
 
 KANUMKAR, 
 
 (mal. kdnamhdr). 
 A mortgage of land. v. Kanum. 
 
 KANUM PATUM, 
 
 (mal. Mnam-pdiam). 
 
 A mortgage deed. A form of conveying land 
 in leasehold, and by which a mortgagee gets 
 possession of land. 
 
 KAN WASSOOL, bv mistake for KHAM WAS- 
 SOOL, q. V. 
 
 KAPOO, KAPOOR, written also KAN POOR, 
 One of the terms used in the peninsula to 
 denote the head man among the Meerassailars of 
 a village.
 
 m the Affairs of The EAST INDIA COMPANY. 
 
 23 
 
 KEF 
 
 KARAR, 
 
 ^•> {\.j\/ hardr). 
 
 Firmness, stability. Agreement, engagement, 
 contract. 
 
 KARAR JAMMA DEH SALA, 
 
 (p, <slL id T_*=-^Ui hardr-jamai-i-dah- 
 
 sdlah). 
 
 The engagement for a ten years /rtmjw«. The 
 decennial settlement of the Bengal provinces, 
 as made in the administration of Lord Corn- 
 wallis. 
 
 KARIAKARAM, 
 
 (tal. Mrya-hdram from s. ^H^^^^IX* 
 
 .';)l; kdrya-kdrah) . 
 
 The performer of a business, an agent. The 
 principal Meerassadar of a village appxxinted by 
 the rest to act as their common, agent. 
 
 '" • *\ 
 
 (A provincial corruption of g. ^jsj" 
 
 hsh^trd). 
 A field. 
 
 KATE PUNJAH, 
 
 (tam. kef-punjai, from Jcdt, a corruption 
 
 of s. ^^ JtsMtra a field, and tam, 
 punjai, q. v.) 
 
 Land which from situation cannot be irri- 
 gated, and which, strictly speaking, depends 
 upon the falling rains. 
 
 KAUMIL or KAMUL, 
 (a. Jxl^ kdmil). 
 Perfect, complete, v. Jummah. 
 
 KAWELI, 
 
 (tam. hdwali). 
 
 Watching, guarding, protecting. The office 
 
 • or employment of guarding and protecting a 
 
 • district, v. Cawel. 
 
 KAWELIGAR, 
 V. Cawelgar. 
 
 KAWELI RUSSOOM, 
 
 V. Kaweli and Russoom. Fee or perquiste 
 of a Kaweligar. See Cawelgar, 
 
 KAY-KANUM-PAT UM, 
 
 (mal. Jtai-kdnam-pdfaTn) . 
 
 Conveyance of a spot of land, in Malabar, to 
 one who undertakes to fence it with mud walls, 
 and plant it with trees, being insured in the 
 possession of it for a specified period. '^ 
 
 KEEL, 
 A lake. 
 
 KEFFYET or KEFFAYET, 
 
 (a. uir-J.^ kifdyat). 
 
 J- Surplus, profit, advantage. Profit resulting 
 from the revenue investigatiqns of Mecr Cosshn, 
 being an item of the soiibnhJarri/ abwab, or 
 cesses arising from jagliirc.i and other lands held 
 at reduced rate by the principal officers of the 
 
 • Na~ims, which were added to the public rent ; 
 also increase of revenue from Itaslabood enqui- 
 ries into the resources of the khalsa lands. 
 
 KHA 
 
 KEFFYET HUSTABOOD, 
 
 (p. J;jji.-js. l::-jU^ k'ifdyat-i-hast-0-hud). 
 
 Profit of the Iiastabood, q. v. An item of the 
 soiiba/idarri/ abi£ab, or cesses of Ali Verdi Khan, 
 consisting of rosumptions of land, and disco- 
 vered resources in khalsa lands brought tp ac- 
 count in the frontier districts, under the charge 
 oi foiijdars, which they had concealed. 
 
 KEFFYET SAYER, 
 
 (p. jiLi L:L^\Jii klfdyat-i-sdyir). 
 
 Profit of the sayer, q. v. Profit or increase 
 of revenue derived from bringing to public 
 account fraudulent, or other irregular emolu- 
 ments or abuses in the branches of the saycr 
 duties. See Baky and Panchootra. 
 
 KEFYAL, a mistake in the print for KEF- 
 FYAT, q.v. *^ ,. 
 
 KEHDAII, 
 
 (h. 1j^ khMd). 
 
 The trap or enclosure in which wild ele- 
 phants are caught. 
 
 KEHDAH AFEAL, 
 
 (p. JLil -J^j^ khdddyi-afydt). 
 
 The traps or enclosures for catching elephants. 
 V. Kehdah. An article in the tumar, or assess- 
 ment roll, of jaghire appropriations, to defray 
 the expense of catching elephants in Tipperah^ 
 and Sylhet. 
 
 KERP, 
 
 (b. ^Pft^T fta'ryoj). -^ »; 
 
 Cotton. ' " '^ 
 
 KERPAS, 
 
 (b, ^^fH kdrpds). 
 Cotton. 
 KESSEMWAR, 
 
 (p.jljjvJi kismwdr). 
 According to its kind, sort, or quality. 
 
 KESSEMWAR GOSIIWARAH, 
 
 (p. ijy::,^ J\y4^ kismwdr-goshwdrah). 
 
 An abstract account of lands specifying their 
 different qualities. 
 
 KETEENEE, 
 
 (b, ^t^ kdtani). 
 A spinner of cotton, &c, 
 
 KEZANCHEE, 
 
 (p. ^j^^f' khazdnchi). 
 A treasurer. 
 
 KHAIIOON, 
 
 (b. .^t5?r kalian, h. J4 kahdn or 
 
 H, ^^'i^ kdhan, corruptions of s. 
 
 c^l^ |V-|U| kdrshdpana). 
 
 Twelve hundred and eighty cowries, equal, 
 as money, to about four aiuias, or the fourth of 
 a rupee. '' '- " " ■'''■ '"-""" ■; '
 
 84 
 
 GLOSSARY to "Via Report (.1812) from Select Comroiltee 
 
 KiVV 
 
 ■(A:iJ\lJ;Mlisali). 
 
 Pure, uninixci'.. An oHlre of government, 
 in which the hii-^i.icss of tlie revenue depart- 
 n;ent is tran nciu^i'v^tlii^'; txchcquar. Wlien this 
 term is applied to l;;nds, it signifies lands the 
 revenues of \vhich are paid into the exchequer, 
 as coutradistinjuishcd from jaghire, or other 
 dpscrintinns of lands, the oovcr!ime:it share of 
 whose' product i!a*ibco'u assigned to others. 
 
 KHALSA SIIEREFA, 
 
 ■{pji^JL^iiJ^^ hJuiUsah-i'Sliarifah). 
 The ro3 al treasury or exchequer. 
 
 KHAT^f, 'M'ritten also KAM, 
 
 (p. aU. hhum). 
 Unripcl crude, immature, gross. 
 
 KHAM CHITAII, 
 
 (h. La=- |»'i- hhdm-chilhd). 
 A rough statement or account, v. Kuam. 
 
 KIIAM WOPSOOL, 
 
 (p. ^\ys. (.U hhcim-icasiil). 
 Gro<s rcceit, as of revenue, also the record 
 cxhiliitina: it. 
 
 a bouse, and 
 srr57 ^dtt a 
 
 as 
 
 V. 
 
 KHANABARRY, 
 
 (From p. tJ^^ lihdnah 
 
 15. ^T3t bdri, from s 
 
 dwelling). 
 A house with its appurtenances, such 
 gardens, orchards and the Iii:e : Domain 
 Nancau. 
 
 KHAN WOOSEL, 
 
 For Kuam Wossool. q. v. 
 
 KIIAREGE JUMMA, 
 
 (p. *-»j- ^j\^ k'ldrij-i-jamas). 
 
 "Wliat is excluded from the jtimtna or amount 
 of the rental. Rents from the Ji^ots enjoyed 
 bv particular individuals under assignments or 
 grants from government, such as the iiancar of 
 Crorii s and Zemindars. 
 
 KIIAS, 
 
 (x. ^ji\^ Mds) . 
 ■ Private, peculiar ; particular, proper. Re- 
 veu'.'.e collected immediately by government, 
 without the agrncy of Zcriindars. Under the 
 Company's governir.er.t in Boiga!, the term is 
 generally applied when there is an immediate' 
 division of tlie actual produce between the go- 
 vernment and the Ri/ots\ and also wliere the 
 revenues of smaller portions than zemindarks 
 are let to farm. 
 
 KHASNOVEESEE, 
 
 (p. ,_<— ::y ^^'-s- khds-navisl, from r. ^-'^ 
 
 JiluJs, q. V. and p. ,^j-;.y navlsi writing). 
 
 SVhst relates to the government clerks and 
 
 accountants. An article of tlie .'oiiba/iduirjy 
 
 nlnaib, or cesses introduced by Jaffier Khan ; 
 
 being ariginally a rissscom or lee exacted from 
 
 KHU 
 
 the Zc mi nd(7rs, at the renewal of their aimusilL 
 leases, by the .Miil-cddits, or clerks of (i»e 
 Iclia/sa; but afterwards extended to other o!j- 
 jects. V. KuaIjSA. 
 
 KIIEREEF, 
 
 (a. I— ii^.i liharif). 
 Autumn, autumnal harvest. 
 
 KIIERYAUT, 
 
 (a. ^^j^ lihahdt). 
 
 (iood deeds, charities, alms. Allowainccs for 
 occasional clrariiy to the poor of all persua- 
 sions ; an item ci' the Muscohat, q. v. 
 
 KHETERY, 
 
 (A corruption of s. '2^'{'^^ kshatiiija, 
 
 pronounced klietri in the vulgar dia- 
 lects). 
 A man of the second or military tribe. 
 
 KHILAUT, 
 
 (a. c>>«U hhUa^t).. 
 
 A robe of honour witli which princes confer 
 dignity. An item of the abKub or inqjosts. 
 SeeZvii Matiiote. 
 
 KHIRCH GRAM, 
 
 (p. j*y ^f' hilar ch-i^grdm, from p. -j^ 
 
 Jiharch expense, and s. ^J^ grama a 
 
 village). 
 
 Expens<^ of the village. Contributions levied 
 in the villages, professedly to defray the ex- 
 penses incurred by t!ie Poliii/s, or tiieir servants, 
 and by others, in travelling to the cutrhcrrij of 
 the district on the public alfairs of the villages. 
 
 KIIODE KIIOSHT, 
 
 (Properly p. {j:.^^ ^J^ hhud-kdsht, from 
 LSi- hhud self, and ^^^ kdshtan to 
 sow seed). 
 
 Self-sov.-n or cultivated. Applied to Uj/ots, 
 ti:e term means tlio^e who cultivate land in the 
 village wlicre they reside, and by hereditary 
 right; also the land so cultivated. 
 
 KlIOMAR, 
 
 (b. J^'TSn^" khdmdr). 
 
 Threshing-floor. Lands, the Fj/ots of wliicb 
 do not pay a money-rent, but divide the pro- 
 (hice at certain rates of share v, ith the Zemin- 
 dar : contradistingi;islted i'rom ?M/y lands, in 
 whicii the government dues are paid in money. 
 
 KIIOOSIiaASII, ])y mistake, CHOOOBASH, 
 (p. i^-V ^~j> khi'ish-hdsh). 
 One who li\es luippiiy or at his ease. K 
 description of inhabitants in the Ceded Districts. 
 
 KHORAK AFFrAL, 
 
 (p. J'-il CS'Ui k!ntrdk-i-afydl). 
 
 Food of elephants. An allowance in S/ylhef 
 for maintainiiig elephants when caught. 
 
 KHUDIAN, 
 
 (From tam. kudi). 
 
 A cultivator, v. Cooni.
 
 on the Affairs of The EAST INDIA COMPANY. 
 
 25 
 
 KIS 
 
 KHURCH or KPIIRCH or KU RTCH, 
 (a. ^js- hharj, p. ~ji~ hharcli). 
 
 Expense, expenditure. Casual expenditure 
 for public purposes in the business of revenue 
 arrangement. 
 
 KHURCHA, 
 
 \.K. ^^J' Jiharjah, r. <^^ Iharchah). 
 Disbursement, expenditure. 
 
 KHURCHA SUDDER, 
 
 , (p. ni^' i^ji- Jiharchah-i-sadar). 
 
 Expenses of the chief station or seat of j^o- 
 vernment, in contradistinctioii to Kharchah'i- 
 rnofmsil or expenses ot' the country or interior. 
 
 KIDMUTDAR, probably for KIDMUT(iAR, 
 
 (p. jliL« ji khidmat-gdr) . 
 '■ A servant, an in-door servant. 
 
 KIFFUT for KIFFYUT, q. v. 
 
 KILLADAR, 
 
 {?.}:iij^ hiU-ah-ddr). 
 ■ Warder of a castle. Coramander of a fort. 
 
 KIMUT KHESHT GOUR, 
 
 (p. j^ i.::,-.^:^ I.::— V liiniat-i-hh'isht-i- 
 
 gaur). 
 
 Price of bricks of Gour. v. Kist Gour. A 
 soiihahdarry impost established by AU Verdi 
 CuKn to defray the expense of conveying- away 
 bricks from the ruins of the ancient city of 
 Gour, once the capital of Bengcd. 
 
 KISMUL, a mistake for KISMUT, q. v. 
 
 KISMUT, 
 
 (a. k-i-^-K-j Msmat). 
 
 Division, proportion, share, part. A divi- 
 sion of country, sometimes forming part of a 
 circar, and including several districts, more or 
 less ; but more generally, part of a persunnah. 
 N. B. The proportions of such divisions are 
 distinguished by the immber of annas or six- 
 teenth parts they contain. 
 
 KISS A, a typographical error for HISSA, q. v. 
 
 KISSAS, 
 
 (a. ysl^ Jcisds). 
 The Muhammadan law of retaliation. 
 KIST, 
 r (a. kJi Tiist), 
 
 Stated payment, instalment of rent. 
 
 KISTBUNDY, 
 
 (p. t^Ai-kJ hist-bandi). 
 
 A contract for the payment of a debt or rent 
 by instalments, v. Kist. 
 
 KIST GOUR, 
 
 (r.j/ij^^L^khisht-i-gaw). 
 
 Bricks of Gour. The expense of bricks from 
 the ruins of the city of Cour, once the capital 
 of Bengal : one of the soubahdarr^ abxeab or 
 cesses. 
 
 KUL 
 
 KOKUMNAMA, by mistaka for KOOKUSl- 
 
 NAMA, q. V. 
 
 KOLKAR, 
 
 The sarje as Peon, in Malabar. 
 
 KOODI, 
 
 (tam. hudi). 
 Inhabitant, tenant, Rvot, q. v. 
 
 KOODBTANER, 
 
 A coiTtract, in Malabar, the effect ©f whidi 
 is to convert the tenure of mortgage by pledge 
 into a kind of freehold. 
 
 KOOLCURNEY, KOOLKERNAIN, KOOL- 
 CURNY, KULKURNY, 
 
 (tel, Imlhama-i and kulkarnam). 
 
 A village accountant, in the Northern Circars, 
 v/ho is generally a Brahman, 
 
 KOORI KANUM, 
 
 (mal. kiui kdnam) . 
 
 A lease on favourable terms for the improve- 
 ment of land. 
 
 KOOT, 
 
 (h. d.;/ kut). 
 
 Estimate, appraisement, valuation. Valua- 
 tion of the crop. v. Anchumna. 
 
 KORAN, 
 
 (a. ^Jj kurdn). 
 
 The book containing the religious precepts of 
 I Mulianimad. 
 
 KOSHAM, 
 
 (s. c^t^ kosha, TEL. and tam. kdsham). 
 
 Case, repository, treasury, register. A vil- 
 lage register in which are entered the lands 
 held by Brahmans in the southern poligar dis- 
 tricts. 
 
 KOYT, 
 
 (A provincial corruption of s* ^H^JT^J" 
 kdyasthd). 
 
 The name of a mixed tribe of Hindus, whose 
 profession is generally writing and accounts. 
 Most of the Banians and Sircars of Calcutta are 
 of this claiis. 
 
 KRORIE, 
 
 V. Crorie. 
 
 KUDDUM RUSSOOL, 
 
 (p. J^-y,*j»Js kadam-M'asul). 
 
 The footstep of the prophet. Allowance for 
 preserving the impression of the foot of Mu- 
 hammad, or the place of worship where it is 
 preserved; an item of the Muscorat, q. v. 
 
 KULGOOTASON, 
 
 In Tinnavefh/, a fixed sura so called for 
 which the punjah land was given up. 
 
 KULLAR, 
 
 In the Ceded Districts, burren land.
 
 26 
 
 GLOSSARY to Vth Report (1812) from Select Committee 
 
 KUT 
 
 KCLWAR, 
 
 (p. ,1ii hulivdr). 
 According to all, gonoral. The termis ap- 
 plipd to a settlement of the land revenues, 
 uheii the rent of i-ach individual Ri/ot is fixed 
 and coilectert by the officers of government, 
 without the intermediate agency of Zemindars 
 or laruicry of the revenue. SJoe Uyotwar. 
 
 KUMENATUM, 
 
 The farming stock of an individual, such as 
 his ploughs, bullocks, slaves or servants, &c. 
 
 KUMI, 
 
 (p. ^j^ hami). 
 
 Deficiency. DeficieiKy in the weight or 
 value of coin ; interior crutch or expenditure. 
 N. B. KuMisAGON in p. 682 should have been 
 divided by a comma, being two words, namely, 
 liuini and' sugon. 
 
 KUMPLI, 
 
 In the Ceded Districts, a draw-well. 
 
 KUNGANUM, 
 
 Fees paid to the Company as an indemnity 
 for the expense of overseeing the just appro- 
 priation of the podoo s/ielawo, and the cut- 
 ting and division of the crop. 
 
 KUNKAL^ 
 
 (h. J^ hangdl). 
 Poor, miserable. Kunlal lands are lands the 
 revenues of which are appropriated for the 
 support of poor persons. 
 
 KURCJIA, 
 
 {\. ij^f- hharjah, p. i^f^hharchah). 
 Expenditure, v. Korcha. 
 
 KURNUM, 
 
 (tel. harnaiii). 
 A secretary, writer, clerk. See Curnum. 
 
 KUSHEM, 
 
 In the Ceded Districts, a streamlet or water- 
 course from a spring. 
 
 KUSSOOR, . 
 
 Want, defect, deficiency. An item of the 
 abaHih tbrnicrly levied as part of the dc/i 
 lanc.'ui, or village charges, to make up tor 
 the deficiency in the rupees collected in the 
 iiiofassif, or interior of the country, which, 
 under the Mogul government, were required 
 to be paid into the treasury at an equal 
 standard. 
 
 KUTCHA, 
 
 < - "^ ■ , 
 
 (h. Ur Jiacfui, B. ^T"^ hunchd). 
 
 Raw; crude, immature, v. Cutcha. 
 
 KUTCIIA BALLANNY, BALUIVNY, or 
 BEKENNY, 
 A term used in Dinagepore. A resumption 
 of one-tLMith proportion of land held by the 
 lij/ols. v. KuTciiA and Cutcha. 
 
 KUTKENA, 
 
 (b. ^Isf^l Mtkind). 
 An under farm. 
 
 KYV— LOO— MAD 
 
 KUTKENADAR, 
 
 (b. ^^f^Tf^Tt?" hatkindddr). 
 
 An undertenant, farmer, or renter. 
 
 KUTLAI, 
 
 In the Ceded Districts, a field. 
 
 KUTTEI, 
 
 V. KuTLAI. 
 
 KYAL, 
 
 (a. Jli kaydl). 
 
 A weighman. The person who weighs out 
 the respective shares of the crops in a village. 
 
 KYVEDOOTII, 
 
 A lorm of mortgage and transfer of landed 
 property in Malabar. 
 
 L. 
 
 LAC, 
 
 (A provincial corruption of s* ^^^ 
 laJisha). 
 
 One hundred thousand. N.B. A lack of 
 Bengal sicca rupees is, at 2s. Hd., equal to 
 pounds sterling li',500. 
 
 LAKERAJE, 
 
 (a. ^^j=-^ Id-khirdj, compounded of the 
 privative particle "i la and Jij^ kliirdj 
 rent). 
 
 Rent-free. Lands rent-free : or lands the 
 government dues from which are assigned to 
 any person for his own benefit, ch- are appro- 
 priated to any public purpose. The term is 
 used in contradistinction to Malguzary, q. v. 
 
 LINGUMUT, 
 
 (s. f^Jji^rr Unga-mata). 
 
 One who worships the Lingam. 
 
 LOMBALLIES, 
 v. Reegarah. 
 
 LOMBARDIES, 
 
 V. Beegarah. 
 
 LOONTABURDARS, 
 
 A typographical mistake for Soontabcr- 
 
 DARS, q. V. 
 
 M. 
 
 MAAL, 
 
 See Mal and Mehal. 
 
 MADESTRUM, 
 
 (tam. madlyastani, for s. S^^^SJ" 
 7nad/n/usfham). 
 
 Standing' l)etween : mediation. The media- 
 tion of a Po/igar to protect a Circnr village from 
 any breach of faith on the part of govt;rnment 
 or "^its officers. •*:,(j..u. . 
 
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 MAL 
 
 MaDRASSA, 
 
 (a. <l^^ madrasah). 
 A college. 
 
 MADRISSA, 
 
 See Madrassa. 
 
 MAGANY, 
 
 (tam. mdgdnam). 
 A district. 
 
 MAGANNY, 
 
 See Mag ANY. 
 
 MAGAUN, 
 
 See Mag ANY. .-■'ri 
 
 MAHA.TANACUM, 
 
 SeeMAHAJANUM. 
 
 MAHAJEN, 
 
 See Mahajanum. 
 
 MAHAJANUM, 
 
 ^TAM. mahd-janam, s. J^^f^pf mahd- 
 
 jana). 
 
 A great person ; a merchant. Proprietor of 
 land equivalent to Mehkassadab, q. v. 
 
 HAUL, 
 
 See Me HAL. 
 
 VIAHMOOL, 
 
 See Mamool. 
 
 VIAHOOTERAN, 
 
 ( ^Jji^ mahattardn a Persian corruption 
 
 in the plural number of s. JfS^ 
 
 mahattrd). 
 
 Lands given for the maintenance of respect- 
 able persons, not Brahmam. 
 
 tfAHSOOL, 
 
 (a. Jj-as? mahsul). 
 
 Collected. The produce or sum of any tliin"-. 
 The amount or produce of the sai/^r duties o^ri 
 salt imported, manufactured and consumed. 
 
 lAHSOOL SAYER, 
 
 i^'J^ dr^ mahsul-i-sdyir). 
 The produce of the sai/er duties, v. Maii- 
 
 SOOL. 
 
 lAIISOULY PEON, 
 
 (p. Jr'^ malisuU, from a> ^}y^LS* mah- 
 sul). 
 
 A Peon employed in the collections, y. 
 VIahsool. 
 
 fAL, 
 
 (a. JU mdl). 
 
 Wealth, property. Revenue, rent; particu- 
 arly that arising from territory, in coutradis- 
 inction to the customs and duties levied on pcr- 
 onals, called sayer, g. v. See also Meiiai-, 
 vrth which term this is often confounded bv 
 Europeans. 
 
 MAR 
 
 MALGUZAR, 
 
 (r.^l^U mdl-guzdr). 
 
 Who pays rent or revenue. The term is 
 appicable to every description of person « ho 
 holds^ land paying a revenue to government, 
 whether as tenant, Zemindar, or farmer. 
 
 MALGUZARRY, 
 
 (p. ^jfj'^U mdl-guzdri, from a. JU mdl 
 wealth, property, revenue, and P.^-Jl>ljf 
 gtizdshtan to quit, leave, discharge, 
 pay). ^ 
 
 Paying revenue. A term applied to assessed 
 lands, or lands paying revenue to government • 
 also the rent of such lands. 
 
 MALGUZARRY TEHSIL KOOL, 
 
 (p. J^ J-^sr\^1^U malguzdri-tahsil-i- 
 kuU). 
 
 The rent, or land revenue, according to the 
 whole collections. Net revenues levied from 
 Zemindars and farmers, and on officers of "o- 
 vernment. " 
 
 MALZAMIN, 
 
 (p. ^^UU 7ndl-zdm'in). 
 Bondsman for the discharge of a debt or 
 payment of rent. See Malzaminee. 
 
 MALZAMINEE, 
 
 (p. ^j.AA'u mdl-zdmlni). 
 
 Written security for the due payment of a 
 debt or revenue. 
 
 ALVLIK, 
 
 (a. (^U vidlik). 
 Master, lord, proprietor; owner. 
 MALIKANA, 
 
 (p. <ul$3U mdlikdnah, from a. o^U 
 mdl'ih, q. v.) 
 
 What relates or belongs to a person as master 
 or head man. Tiie malikam of a Moruddim, or 
 head Rt/oL, is a share of each n^oCs produce 
 received by him as a customary due, formiu"- an 
 article of the Neakdarry, q. v. The t^rm 
 is also applicable to the nancar, or allowance to 
 village collectors, or Mocuddims of such vilian-es 
 as pay rents immediately to the khalsn, bcino^an 
 Item of the Muscorat, q. v. See also Mo- 
 
 CUDIMS. 
 
 MAMOOL, 
 
 (a. Jj^*< ma^mul). 
 Practised, established, usual, customary. 
 RLINGUN, 
 
 (b. Ilt°5t5T mdngati). 
 
 Begging, request ; one of the cesses or ah- 
 real). A tax or imposition formerly levied by 
 the officers stationed at the chokies im,! a:hauts. 
 
 MARAIf, 
 
 Perquisites from the crop, fees in kind, so 
 called in the Northern Circars, tlie siime as 
 RussooM, q. v.
 
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 MEE 
 
 MARAMUT, 
 
 (a. i.::.^*;.* marammaf). 
 Mending, repairing. 
 
 MAROCHA, 
 
 A tax on marriages. 
 
 lilATAFUliRlICKAT, 
 
 (a. pi. i^M/:^ mutafarylkdt). 
 Separate, scattered, dispersed, various. Scat- 
 tered divisions or portions of innd. 
 
 MATAYENAII, 
 See Ml'taniek. 
 
 MATHOOT, 
 
 See Matote. 
 
 MATHOOT FEEL KANEII, 
 
 (p. ij\^ ^\^ ti,"j^< mathot'i-fil-khdnah). 
 
 An imposition for the elephant house or sta- 
 ble. A 4W/Wirfar/7/ article of tlie ahizab or cesses 
 established by Hujah Khaio), beina; a contribu- 
 tion to defray the expense of feeding the ele- 
 phants of the Nazim and Dcicun. 
 
 MATHOTE, spelt also MATHOOT, MA- 
 THOOLandMUTIlOTE, 
 
 (11. CJj^ mat hut). 
 Capitation, contribution, imposition. An 
 occasional impostor tax, sometimes included in 
 the Abwab, q. v. See also Zyii Mathote. 
 
 MAUiMUM, 
 
 (taM. mdniyam, from s. "S^J^ munya, 
 respectable, honorable). 
 A grant of land, or assignment of the go- 
 vernment share of the produce therefrom, to 
 the revenue officers, and the public servants of 
 the villages in the Northern Circars. See 
 Enam, Sunnud, Turrabuddy andPiTCHAY. 
 
 MAUZA, 
 
 (a. m^yc mauxai). 
 A place, a village. 
 
 MAUZAWAR, 
 
 {y. J^f^yo mauz(i£-icdr , from a. j->*j-» 
 
 viaiiza~ a place, a village). 
 By villages. A village settlement, where 
 the officers of the government farmed out the 
 lands of the whole villajie to an individual, or 
 to the community of a village. 
 
 MEDDUD, 
 
 See MuDDUD. 
 
 MEDDED MASH, 
 See MunoED Mash. 
 
 MEERASS, 
 
 (a. i^j^ mirds or mirdth). 
 Heritage, patrimony. 
 
 MEERASSADAR, 
 
 (p.jLv'j-^ imrdsa~ddr). 
 
 The holder or possessor of a heritage, v. 
 Meeb ASS. The proprietor of land. 
 
 MIN 
 
 MEERASSEE, 
 
 (a. ^_^^;fr^ mirdsi'). 
 
 Hereditai-y, hereditary property. The land 
 of a Meerassauah, r[. v. 
 
 MEIIAAL, 
 
 See MEiiATy. 
 
 MEHAL, MAHL. IMHAL, MAAL, MO* 
 HAUL, MEHAUL, MEHAAL, MAL, 
 
 (a. jUf* mahdll plur. of J^-* iimhall 
 properly a place). 
 
 Places, districts, department?. Places or 
 sources of revenue, particularly cf ai territorial 
 nature: lands. N.B. This term thoald not, 
 as is often the case, be conlbundod with JU 
 vu'il, another Arabic nord, to an incorrect tar, 
 something like it in sound. MaMU denote.s tin; 
 places or lands yielding a revenue ; but mal \i, 
 the rent or revenue ilseif arising ffoni the 
 lands. See Mal. 
 
 MEHAUL, 
 
 See Mehai,. 
 
 MEHiMANY, 
 
 (4W* niihmdnt, from p. ^J^c mihmdii 
 a guest). 
 
 What relates to a guest; hospitality. Al-j 
 lowance tlr entertaining pilgrims, travellers,] 
 and strangers in general; an item of the Mus- 
 
 COIIAT, q. V. 
 
 MELV/ASSY, a 
 
 In t:ie peninsula, extra pi-oduce partly ap* 
 propriated to the use of temples and other 
 religious purposes. 
 
 MEN-AUTISTY, 
 
 Grand master of artillery. 
 
 MENEWAR, 
 
 In Malabar, a person who keeps tlte district, 
 accounts called hob/j/. J 
 
 MAHL, 
 
 See Mehal. j. 
 
 MOHALZAMINEE, 1 
 
 See Malzaminee. 
 
 MHASOOf,, 
 
 See Mahsool. 
 
 MHASOOL SAYER, 
 See i'Jahsool Saver. 
 
 MILKEUT, 
 
 (a. t::-:A* milhitjaf). 
 Property, proprietary riglrt. 
 
 MILKEUT ISTIMRAR, 
 
 (p. Jj.^ ^-^^-^f^ milkiyat-l- hthnrdr). 
 Proprietary right in continuation. 
 
 MILKUIT, 
 
 See MiLKEUT. 
 
 MINHA, 
 
 (a. b ^ min-lui) 
 
 Literaily, '' '^ 
 
 tion. 
 
 min-lui). 
 
 from that. Deduction, substrac-
 
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 MOC 
 
 MOBAI, 
 
 (a. j_^)Vr-* »iubi~i) 
 By purthase or sale. Manufacture of salt by 
 contract purchase. 
 
 MOCASAU, 
 
 See MocASSAC. 
 
 MOCASSA, 
 
 See MocASSAU. 
 
 MOCASSAU, . 
 
 Peana, in the Northern Circars, who were 
 paid by "grants of land, subject to a quit lent 
 only, V. PeoiV. 
 
 MOCUDDDI, 
 
 (a. j»Ai< miilmddam) . 
 
 Placed before, antecedent, prior, foremost. 
 Head Jij/ot, or principal man in a village, who 
 superintends the aftairs of it, and, amono- otlier 
 duties, collects the rents of government within 
 his jurisdiction. The same officer is in Bengal 
 called also Munclul, and in the Peninsula Goad 
 and Potail. 
 
 r 
 
 jkiui 
 
 MOCUDDIMY, 
 
 (p. ^-wo mukaddami, from a 
 muhaddam). 
 
 What relates to a Moniddim . The russoom 
 or share of each Rj/ofs produce received by 
 the Mocuddim, an article of the neukdarri/ : 
 also the nancar or allowance to village collec- 
 tors or Mocuddims of such villages as pav rents 
 immediately to the khalsa, being an article of 
 the muscomt. See Malik an a. 
 
 MOCUDMY, 
 
 ' See MocuDDiMT. 
 
 MOCUM, 
 
 SeeMoKEEM. 
 
 ^OCURRER, 
 
 (a. j^i^ mukarrar). 
 
 Fixed, established; permanent. What is 
 fixed or settled. 
 
 MOCURRERY, 
 
 (p. (jrj/-* mukarrari, from a. jZi mu- 
 karrar). 
 
 As applied to lands, means lands let on a 
 fixed lease. The term is also applied to the 
 government dues from the Cavel, q. v. 
 
 MOCURRERYDAR, 
 
 (p. iL'' ijjji^ miikarrari-ddr). 
 Possessor of a lease or grant for a fixed pe- 
 riod. V. MocuuREU and MocunREET. 
 
 MOCURREY, 
 
 See MocuuREUY. 
 
 MOCURREYDAR, 
 
 ? e MoCURREaYDAR. 
 
 ""==""=^ MOiv 
 
 MODAKIL, 
 
 (a. Ji-ljt« muddkhit). *i -'if* = 
 
 Introductions, annexations, additions. An- 
 nexations or additions of lands to a particular 
 financial division ; or lands acquired, consi- 
 dered with reference to revenue. See Mok- 
 
 HARIJE. 
 
 MOFUSSIL, 
 
 (a. J..iii< mufassal). 
 
 Separated, particularized, distingtiished, di- 
 vided into distinct parts, detailed. The subor- 
 dinate divisions of a district, in contradis- 
 tinction to the term saddiir, which implies th€j 
 chief seat of government : also the country, as 
 opposed to town : the interior of the country. 
 As applied to accounts, the term signifies de- 
 tailed, or those accounts which are made up 
 in the villages and perguimahs, or larger divi- 
 sions of couiitiy, by the Putwanies, Canctigoes, 
 or Serishtadars. As applied to charges, it 
 signifies the expense of viHage and pergiin- 
 ludi ofiicers employed in the business of re- 
 ceiving, collecting, settling, and registering 
 the rents ; such as Mociiddims, Puts:arries, 
 Peons, Pf/kes, Canongoes, SerisfttadafSy Tehsil- 
 dars, Aumeens, &c. &c. 
 
 MOFUSSIL DEWANNY ADAWLUT, 
 
 (p. c:-J'a;: tJl^j J-^ mufassal diwdnt 
 
 -addlat) . 
 Provincial court of civil justice. 
 
 MOGANY, 
 
 See Magany. 
 
 MOGGS, 
 
 See McGs. 
 
 MOHAUL, 
 See Mehal. 
 
 MOHIR, 
 
 See MoHRER. 
 
 MOIIRER, MOHIR, MOHUR, morah, 
 MOHERRIE, 
 
 (a. .ys^ muharrir). 
 A writer, a clerk in an office. 
 
 MOHTEREFA, 
 
 (a. diji^ muhtarafah). 
 
 An artificer. Taxes, personal and profes« 
 sional, on artificers, merchants, and others; 
 also on houses, implements of agriculture, 
 looms, &c. a branch of the Sayer, q. v. 
 
 MOHTERFA, 
 
 See MoHTEREFA. 
 
 MOHUR, 
 
 See MoHRER. 
 
 MOHURRIE, 
 See MoHRER. 
 
 MOKEEM, 
 
 (a. ,»^ mukavvlm). 
 
 Who fixes or settles. An appraiser. 
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 GLOSSARY to Vth Kqjort (IS 12) from Select Commiltee 
 
 MOK 
 
 iAIOKIIAlJi.li:, 
 
 (a. ■zJ^'" muhhdiij). 
 Exp*'iifl^K, rffHUictioiw. fa'chi-ifons. Territory 
 <]i-menilK>io(i ;h»(I lost lo the revenue, Ibriniii!; 
 a hoad <ir (N'^liirtinits iVomdJc t-olleclions ot' the 
 ZenHiidms it) t^M^ivocraii tit's, under Uie pfc'iienil 
 term W ./i A r, (j. \. Tlic reverse of Moba- 
 
 KU., ({ V. 
 
 MOLAVy, 
 
 Sue MOOLAVY. 
 
 MOI.UxNGEE, 
 
 (h. ^c^^ malitngi). 
 IMaiiuiacturer of s;ilt. 
 
 MO.N'IGAIJ, 
 
 (tam. vuniyahdi). 
 A surveyor. A supravisor, or manager. 
 
 MODFTV, 
 
 (a. ^^ mufti). 
 
 Tlie Miihommadiin law oflieer who declares 
 the sentence. 
 
 MOOLAVY, 
 
 (a. i_?_^;-« maulaci). 
 A lAirned and religious man. An inter- 
 preter of the Mtilianimadan law. 
 
 MOOLGl'EXY, 
 
 V. MlLGLENY. 
 
 MOOLVY, 
 
 See MooLAVY. 
 
 MOONSHEE, 
 
 (a. i^s-i^-: munsM). 
 
 Letter-writer, secretary. N. B. Europeans 
 pive tiii* title to the native who instructs them 
 in the Perstan language. 
 
 MOOTAH, 
 
 (Probably for tam. motai a Ircap or 
 parcel). 
 
 In the Northern Cirran:, a small dLstriet or 
 subdivision of a country, consisting of a certain 
 liuiiiljer of villages nrorc or less. A farm of 
 several villages. 
 
 WOOTAiiDAU, 
 
 Tl:e iiol.'lf^' of a MootajI; q.\. A person 
 on w horn the zriiii>idtiir/y right?- o1' a mcc/aJi are 
 coiifiiTe^. Ivy the ^'ovennnent, mmer the con- 
 ditions of a pej'^potual settlement. 
 
 RiOOTAHDARRY, 
 
 What relates to a Moot ah dap., q. v. 
 
 MOOTANIEH, 
 
 (a. ''^'c-* vmta~ayi/nnah). 
 
 A military st;'ii<n, |)0;t, or coiv.r.iand. Sta- 
 tioned tioops. i^tbundjj or provincial corps. 
 
 MOPILLAS, 
 
 A tribe of Arabs settled on the Malabar coast. 
 
 MOllACA, 
 
 Irec Marccha. 
 
 MUD 
 
 MORACIJA, 
 See Marocha. 
 
 MORAII, 
 
 In Ctmara, rent in iiind. A field, let to a 
 tenant at will, is reckoned and called a field of 
 so many nioralis. 
 
 MOSHAIRA, 
 
 (a. i!j^\^ miishdkarali). 
 
 Monthly stipend, pension, salar_y, pay or 
 wages. A monthly allowance granted by the 
 state to a Zemindar \\ hen suspended i'rom hi^ 
 office. 
 
 MOTERPHA, 
 
 See MoilTEREFA. 
 
 MOTRAUPHA, 
 
 See ftloHTEUEFA. 
 
 MOULACIIO, 
 
 Native militia. Sebundj/ corps. 
 
 MOUZA, 
 
 (a. ■t^ycmauza-e). 
 
 A place; a village, the cultivated lands of a 
 village. 
 
 MOUZAWAR, 
 
 (p. Jj «_^j^- mauza^-U'dr from a. «-^>* 
 
 mauzaA a village). 
 
 By villages. A term employed to designate 
 a village settlement. 
 
 MOIJZERA, ^ 
 
 See MuzKiWA. 
 
 MOUZERATJ, 
 
 See MuzERA. 
 
 MOV' EN or MO YEN ZABITAH, 
 
 (a. lik'U j^^« mu~ayijan zdhitah). 
 
 Established custom. Cliarges, collections so 
 called in the Ceded Districts. 
 
 MUCHELKA, 
 
 (t. i^\^ nmchalkah) . 
 
 A solemn engagement or declai"ation in w rit' 
 ing. 
 
 MUCHELKA IN DARUD, 
 
 (p. lijiii ^:\ "(^Isr* miichalhah in ddrad), 
 
 " The engagejnent contains this." The title 
 of a written declaration, which, under the .■1^«- 
 liaitn-uflan administration of the Northern <Vr- 
 nrrtf, was produced by the Attmildar or collector 
 general, signed jointly by the Desmooks and 
 J)espondea/ts, purporting that they had not, in 
 the way of bril)erv or otherwise, paid anything 
 to the agent of government, except what is spe- 
 cified in the public accounts of receipts. 
 
 MUCUllRERY, 
 
 (p. ijjij^ muharraH). 
 Relating to r. hat is fixed or established ; as 
 mucin rer^ leases, miicurrerj/ giants, &c. v. 
 
 MOCXJRRKRY. 
 
 MUDDUI), 
 
 (a. jiX* madad). ^ 
 
 Aid, help, assistance.
 
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 31 
 
 MUN 
 
 MUDDUD MASH, 
 
 (p. ^'jt^ c>-v-< madad-i-ma~(ish). 
 
 Aid for subsistence. An article in the rent- 
 roH called tumai' jtimma, consistinij of allot- 
 ments of land, as a subsistence to religious and 
 learned men ; an item of the muscoral, and a 
 branch of ayma grants. 
 
 MUDHOOR, 
 
 (s. Jfy^ madliura, from s. ^\I madim 
 
 honey). 
 Sweet, fresh. 
 MUDHOORY, 
 
 (From s. ST^'T' viadhura. Sec Mud- 
 
 hoor). 
 Applied to lands, means fresh, in contradis- 
 tinction to nemucki/, or salt laudsi. 
 
 MUFTI, 
 
 See MooFTY. 
 
 MUGS, 
 
 Pirates from the coast of Arracan, ^^ho for- 
 merly committed great depreda.tjojis in tlie river 
 
 Ganges. 
 
 MUJERA, or MUJERAH, 
 See MuzERA. 
 
 MUJERA I, 
 
 (p Sr-l/?^ miijrdiji, from a. 1^ mujrd 
 allowance, premium ; obeisance, re- 
 spect). 
 Who pays respect. Acknowledgiuents made 
 to the Zemindars in the vicinity of tiie hili- 
 people of Rnjchmhftl. to prevent robberies, be- 
 ing an item of the Muscouat, q. v. 
 
 MUJMUDAR, 
 
 (iP. J^ ^y^ majmus-ali-ddr, from a. 
 
 ^y*'^ majniu~ah and p.jL* ddr). 
 Who has in charge the whole c^>llection. A 
 temporary revenue accountant of a district or 
 province. 
 
 JMLUL X5UENY, 
 
 (Perhaps ixo.rp s. JTr^j" nudyu purchase; 
 
 price, wages, hire ; and can. gueni/ a 
 tenant). 
 
 In Canara, a tenant by purchase, or for ever, 
 at a fixed rent. 
 
 MULLA^ 
 
 (a, 1« mvild). 
 A learned man, a schoolmaster. 
 
 MVNDUL, 
 
 <s. Snnj^ mandala, b. 34^3^ mandal). 
 
 A circle, a division of country so called. 
 The head man of a village ; the same as ^Mo- 
 
 •CBDDIM, q. V, 
 
 MUNEWAR, 
 
 {Manai-wdr from tam. vianai a piece of 
 
 ground, and v- J} wdr). 
 An oflicer who keeps the hob/j/ qr district 
 account.iji Malabar. 
 
 MUNNIMS, ^,.,y^^^ ^^ ,. 
 
 J.ujigle posses^i|9ii?,ija||J}p ^^octfc^^CiVcars. 
 
 MUNNOVERTY, 
 
 (s- *T*7^^t^ mano vritti, from JJ^; 
 
 manah the mind, and ^f^ vritti pro- 
 fession, iivcHhood, maintcnaqcp). 
 
 A class of military tenaRts. of a higher order, 
 in tiie Northern Cinars. ^yho \(ere bound tu 
 liring th'jir adiiereuts with thein iiito the field. 
 
 MUNNY CAYELLY, 
 
 (tam. manai-Txdvali). 
 
 A term used in Mysore for villa^^ w'atchinj 
 fees. ^ ■ : 
 
 MUNSIFF, 
 
 (a. (_i.ii^ ?nunsif'). 
 
 A just and equitable man. N^tivje justice or 
 judge whose powers do not extend iafther thnii 
 to suits for personal property uct exc§edii)g 
 fifty rupees. 
 
 MUNSUB, 
 
 (a. c^^wsi-t viansab). 
 
 An office of dignity and title, gcnerajl}' of a 
 military nature. 
 
 MUNSUBDAR, 
 
 (p.jb u^^v,ax< tnavsab-ddr). 
 
 Holder of a Muxsup, q. y. A JwUtafJ ffii- 
 cer of rank holding this title uucJeji' the Mu^af- 
 niun governments. 
 
 MUNSUBDARAN, 
 
 (p. fjjij L.-^^;;^ mansahdq.run, pl^r. of 
 j'jk_.-.«2i^ mansabddr. See IVIunsujj- 
 dar). 
 
 T'.ie MiDisiihdars or military officers of r«nk, 
 an article in the roll called titmar jinv'nr(t'h^ con- 
 sisting oi jaghire appropriations ^o jr^litary ojji^ 
 cers, on the condition of service. 
 
 MURRAMUT, 
 
 (a. ti-^^j^ murammat). 
 Repairing, mending. Charges for repairs- 
 
 MUSCOOR, 
 
 (A.jjij^ inazkur). 
 
 Mentioned, before-mentioned ; a i^attcr be- 
 fore- n\en;ioned. 
 
 MUSCOOR AT, MUSCORAT, 
 
 (a. c:-*1j^^Jmi viazki^rdt, pi. of j^^ 
 mazhur). 
 
 i\Iatters cr it(?ms wliicli have been before 
 mentioned or specified. Dvstoors, or customarv 
 dcd'.iclions, allowed to Ziraindius frojn .their 
 collections, at tlie Cio^e of their ;eit!rmcnts, 
 applied to a variety oi" petty rm-fj'n^il .(Ji;i;ur.se- 
 nieuts, of whicii the riissooju ztm.indqrru anri 
 nancar huu'-s area part : and including charita- 
 bie donations originaiiv unprovi.'.ed -for ; an 
 item or head of revenue account c? compara- 
 tivel',' modern institution.
 
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 GLOSSARY to Vth Report (18 12) from Select Committee 
 
 MUZ 
 
 MUSCOORY, 
 
 (p. ^jjf^ maxkuri from A.j^J^ maz- 
 
 ki'ir). 
 
 Small or Ki)ii;le pagiouiahs, "rmindarifs, and 
 petty mahls, or lalookdunics, paying; rent tiirough 
 a superior zemindar, v. Mustooit. 
 
 MUSIIAIRA, 
 
 (a. i^^sli-v: mushdiiarali). 
 
 A bargain by tiie mouth. Monthly pay, sala- 
 ry, wages, or stipend. 
 
 MUSIIAIRA KOOLKERNAIN, 
 
 (p. (jl;/i^ i^Lu mushdharah-i-kidhaj'- 
 
 ndii). 
 Montiily allowance to Brahnan accountants 
 in the Northern Circars. 
 
 MUSHAOOL, 
 
 A mistake for MusiinooT, q. v. 
 
 MUSHROOT, 
 
 (a. IsjjL^ mashrut). 
 Stipulated, conditional. As applied to grants 
 of lands, it signifies that the grants are, either 
 w holly or in part, to be appropriated to parti- 
 cular uses. 
 
 MUSHROOT TANNAJAUT, 
 
 (p. cjU-lil^' 5?j)/ir< niashnii-i-fhdndjdt). 
 
 Conditional appropriations of land in jaghire 
 for garrisons, and pensions. 
 
 MUSNUD, 
 
 (a. ocw^ masnad). 
 
 The place of sitting : a seat A throne or 
 chair of state. 
 
 MUTAH, 
 
 See RlooTAH. 
 
 MUTAH DA R, 
 
 See MOOTAHDAR. 
 
 MUTHOTE, 
 See Mathote. 
 
 MUTSEDDY, 
 
 (a. i_fjw.3^ mutasaddi). 
 
 Intent upon. Writer, accountant, clerk in a 
 pul)lic office. 
 
 MUTT, 
 
 (s. JT^ mafha). 
 A college, a convent. 
 
 MUZCOORAT, 
 
 See MoscooRAT. 
 
 MUZERA, 
 
 (a. c iJ^ mazras.). 
 
 A cultivated field sown or ready for sowing. 
 In the Northern Circars the term implies a 
 con.ponent pari of a moiiza or village. 
 
 MUZ— NAM 
 
 MUZOONAT, 
 
 (a. i^^'jjyo mawzimdt, pi. of a. ^^jy* 
 maivzun). 
 
 Weighed, adjusted ; settled or balanced, as 
 an account. Wiiat has been adjusted or set- 
 tled. Allowed deductions applied to a variety 
 of disbursements, such as the uanlar or allow- 
 ance to the zeniindar, Sec. 
 
 N. 
 
 NABOB, 
 
 SeeNAWAB. 
 
 NAIB, 
 
 {a. t_-olj ndyib), 
 . A deputy. 
 
 NAIB NAZIM, 
 
 (p. jJsU L_-v.li naib-ndzlm). 
 
 Deputy of the Nazim or governor. 
 
 NAIG, 
 
 See Naik. 
 
 NAIK, 
 
 (s. «-||.ijc^ ndyah or ndyalm). 
 
 Leader, conductor, chief; petty military of- 
 ficer. 
 
 NAIK WAR, 
 
 From s. "TP^^ ndyalia or ndyaik, and 
 
 the Persian possessive participle j|^ wdr 
 together forming ndyak-wdr). 
 
 Possessing a niiyah. A village under the ma- 
 nagement of a nayak. See Naik. 
 
 NAIKWARRY, 
 
 (From s. *Tji(c^ ndyaka and p. t^'j 
 
 tear I, forming ndyak-wdri). 
 Any thing connected with a village, &c, 
 under a Naik, q. v. Establishment of village 
 
 Peons. 
 
 NAIR, 
 
 Chief, headman. The Nairs are a peculiar 
 description of Hindus, principally of the mili- 
 tary class, who hold lands in Malabar. 
 
 NAIR GUENY, 
 
 (Probably from nair chief, head, and 
 gneny a tenant. Or, it may be from 
 nair a plough, and gueny a tenant; 
 a plough tenant). 
 
 A kind of soccage tenure in some parts of 
 Camira. SeeGuENY. 
 
 NAIR MUL GUENY, 
 
 See GuENV Nair Mul. 
 
 NAMBYA, 
 
 A cast of Brahmans in the peninsula.
 
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 NEA 
 
 NAUNCAR, or NANf'AR, 
 
 [v.JL'j ndnJcdr, from p. ^K na/j bread). 
 
 Allowance or assignment for bread or sub- 
 sistence. An assignment of land, or tlie go- 
 vern. nent (iQes from a particular portion of 
 land, calculated to yield 5 per cefst. on the net 
 receipts into the treasury, held by a Zemindar. 
 The term is also applied to the ofiicial lands 
 of t'lie Canongoes and other revenue servants. 
 
 NAUT or NAUTUM, 
 
 (s. "TT^ ndtlia, TAM. ndtam). 
 Lord, master, headman. 
 
 NAUTAWAR, 
 
 (From s. aTT^ ndtha lord, master, and 
 
 the Persian possessive particle ^'^ war, 
 together forming ndtha-icdr). 
 
 Havino- a lord or master. Certain villages 
 superintended by headmen called Nduls or 
 Nattlums. on the part of government. See 
 Naut. The term is also used for headman. 
 
 NAUTSELLAVOO, 
 
 (tam. ndfa-sUavu.). 
 Espences or charges account the headman. 
 
 See Naut. 
 
 NAUTAM KAR, 
 
 (tam. ndtam-Mr). 
 HeadmanorcultLvatorofn^'illage. See Naut. 
 
 NAUT CURNUM, 
 
 Head village accountant. See Naut and 
 Cur NUM. 
 
 NAWAB, 
 
 (a. Adj. sup. degree t-sUj naivwdb or 
 
 navvdb, from a. t_^,lj ndyih a deputy). 
 
 Very great deputy, vicegerent, viceroy. 
 The governor of a province under the Mogul 
 government, whom we call Nabob. N. B. The 
 title of Nawal), by courtesy, is often given to 
 persons of high rank or station. 
 
 NAYEL CAVELLY, 
 See Desha Cavjel, 
 
 NAZIM, 
 
 (a. jjil; ndzhri). 
 
 Composer, arranger, adjuster. The first offi- 
 cer or governor of a province, and minister of 
 the department of criminal justice; styled also 
 
 Na'xab and Soiibahdar. . 
 
 NAZIR, 
 
 (a. )o\> ndzir). 
 A supervisor or inspector. 
 
 NAZIR JEMMADAR, 
 
 (p. j\j)jtA^Ji\j ndxir-jama~ddr.) 
 Inspecting captain or ofiicer. A head Peon. 
 
 NEA BUT, 
 
 (a. c:-;'l.J niydhat). 
 
 Lieutenancy, vice;;;ercncy. The office, admi- 
 nistration, and jurisdiction of a NawaB; q. v. 
 
 NIR 
 
 NEAKDARRY, 
 
 (p. v_sj^J^^' ntk-ddri). 
 Holding or keeping safe or well ; safe^ruard. 
 Perquisites or fees received or collected from the 
 I>j/oti ,■ being sliares of the produce of their 
 lands appropriated to particular public officers 
 in the village, or other persons. 
 
 NEEMSALY, 
 
 (p. ^_jlL *J nim-sdlt). 
 Half yearly. 
 
 NEEM TUCKY, or NEEM TANK A, 
 
 (From p. ^ niin half, and e. ta'T^l tdhd 
 
 or l2°^ tanglid a rupee). 
 
 A perquisite of lialf a riiprc in the hundred 
 on the ussul jnninia, an additional allowance to 
 the Canoiigocs ; being an item of the Mlsco- 
 JRAT, q. v. 
 
 NEEMUCKY, 
 
 (p. j_5.C*:' namaM, from lLCw navwk salt). 
 Saline, salt. Salt lands. 
 
 NEERGANTEE, 
 
 Distributer of water for irrigation in the 
 peninsula. 
 
 NEER MOODUT, or NER MOODUT, 
 
 A contract by which a mortgngee in Malabar 
 advances a further sum on a landed estate at the 
 expiration of the former term. 
 
 NEERNALLY, 
 
 The offering to the deity u[>on corainencing 
 the measurement. 
 
 NEGABAUN, 
 
 (p. ^^l; j\^ tugdh-hdn). 
 
 A watchman or guard. A petty officer of 
 police. 
 
 NEKDY, 
 
 V. NUCKDT. 
 
 NESF NAICKWARL4N, 
 
 (p. J^jJi/^S' '—^' ndsf-i-ndyahwdridn.) 
 
 Literally, half of the nailtoarrics. Half the 
 wages of the village Ptons. See Naikwauky. 
 
 NESHT, or NISHT, 
 
 (s. ^W naslifa). 
 
 Lost, deficient. Extra assessment in Canara 
 for deficiencies of rent. 
 
 NIRK, 
 
 (p. -J mrlch). 
 
 Price ; price settled by the police, price cur- 
 rent. Standard rate by which lands are assessed, 
 formed on the produce and measurement of them 
 at so much per bega. In some districts each 
 village has its own. The abu-nb or cesses are 
 additions to the iiiric, sometimes iiiclnded in it, 
 and sometimes not ; but always levied iii certain 
 proportions to it. 
 
 NIRKBANDY, 
 
 (p. i^Jki-ay nirhli-handt) 
 
 Fixing the prine. The rtcord exhibiting the 
 NiRK, q. v. 
 
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 NUN 
 
 NIZAM, 
 
 (a. />'isj nizdin). > 
 
 Ordrr, anaiigement. An arranj^sr. Nizam 
 ul Alulk the arltninistrator ot'tlic eiupire. 
 
 NJZAMAT, 
 
 (a. o>x!llaJ nizdmat). 
 Arrangement, government. The oflice of the 
 Nazim, or Nizam, q. v. The adiuinislration 
 of criminal justice. 
 
 NIZAMAT ADAWLAT, 
 
 (p. iji^lljLC c:,^tiJ nizdmai-^addlat) . 
 The court of crirainal justice. 
 
 NOONJEE, 
 
 See NuNJAU. 
 
 NOWAKRAH, 
 
 {ii. \Jy natv-drd, from s. »f J 7iau or riQW 
 a boat or ship, and p. |^J drd, froiri 
 r, ,,;iJ^ drdstan to set iu order, pre- 
 pare). 
 An esiablishment of boats, or a naval esta- 
 blisliment. 
 
 NOWARRAH OMLEH, 
 
 (p. il*x. LS^j^y nawdrd-i-s^amalah'). 
 The nowanah or boat estabiishmoat of the 
 ofScers. An article in the rent-roll tumai- juiu- 
 t>\(ih ; bein;;- a Jcif^hiie approprimipn for the 
 naval establishment. 
 
 NUCKD, 
 
 (a uuj naM). 
 Rsady raouej , cash, specie- 
 NLCKDY, 
 
 (p. Adj. i_fjjij nalidi from a. JuJ nalid, 
 
 q. V ) 
 
 Reafly-money, rnnc^y-money pajmer.t. A 
 
 gp'tieniciit tnade for the pr.yinent of rout or 
 
 revenue in specie. Ti;c term is also applied to 
 
 fiigriiiy provieion for iscuselioid cxpcndituic 
 
 NL'LLA, 
 
 {n.to vd!d). 
 A stroamlet, rivuletg water-course. 
 NUNJAH, 
 
 (ta31. nanjai^. 
 Wet land! Lund n'iicli, from its silnation, 
 may be irris^ated, and tiieretbre fit for the cul- 
 tivation of rice. Wet land cultivation. l,lice. 
 
 NUNJAH MAIL rUNJAH, 
 (tam. i]anj(n-»ie!-punjai). 
 Dry land cultivation upon wet. In Tinne- 
 velli/^ when, from an accidental deficiency of 
 ^yater, land, which is usually cultivated with 
 rice, happens to be unfit for that grain, tliey 
 plough up the stuijble. and sow it with tlie best 
 sorts of dry grain. See Nunjai^ and Punjaii. 
 
 NUN.T.\HMEI,, 
 
 (tam. nqvjai me'l). 
 Probajily a contrai^tiou of Nunjah mail 
 Pi N J AH, (;. V. 
 ^^UNJAH TAUM PUNJAH, 
 (tam. nanjai-iarain-pupjai). 
 Wet land iil;e dry. The least valuable of 
 Nivijak land, from the uFiCoriaiuty as to water 
 for iirigatioB. 
 
 NUZ-OOL 
 
 NUNJEE, 
 
 See NuNJiii. 
 
 NUNJEE TERIM, TENUM, or TAUM 
 PUNJEE, 
 
 See Nunjau Taum Pi;>jaii. 
 
 NUNKAB ZAMY, 
 
 (A mistake for P-^j i---£^ nahah-zani) . 
 JjiteralJy, striking a mine; undermining, l)ur- 
 rov.'Ing. The practice of robbing by m.ikinj 
 holes tliroiigh the wall uf a hcu.se- 
 
 NURGUNTY, 
 
 See NEEllGU.NTEe. 
 
 NUZZER, 
 
 (a. ,JJ nazr). 
 
 A vow ; an otfering. A present made to a 
 superior- 
 
 NUZZERANAH, 
 
 (v. iJUll iiazrdnah, from x.jl>J nazr). 
 
 By way of oli'ering or prc^ei't ; any thiag 
 given as a present, particularly as an aVknaw- 
 iedgmeptt for a «yM\t of lands, jjublic oflSce and 
 the like. See Ni'zzer. 
 
 NUZZERANAJi HAL, 
 
 (p. JU-'4:UjJ nazrdnoh-i-iuU), 
 
 A present or recent Nazzeranah, q. t. 
 An item of the soiitxiliilairj/ ahvjab. 
 
 NUZZERANAH MOCCURUERY, 
 
 (p. t^jjiui'tU^jiJ nazranah-i-muhaiTari). 
 
 A fixed nuzzcranah. An item of the souhak' 
 dttrri/ ahzcub introduced by Sitjuh KJmuti, being- 
 fixed pecuniary acknowledgements paid by Ze- 
 mi/ulars for improper reuiissions, indulgences, 
 favors and protection, forbearance from /lasta-' 
 ftootZ investigations: or for being freed from the 
 immediate superinlendance oi Aitmits; but os- 
 tensibly to dejfray the ciiarge of >wzr:.ers or pre- 
 sei)U sent to tiiij court on Mussulman festivals, 
 &C. T.he practice existed from ancient times, 
 but was rendered permanent by Sujtih Kliaun. 
 
 NUZZERANAH MUNSOOR GUNGE, 
 
 (p. ^^j^.^::^"^ ij\jM nazrdnah-i-mansur- 
 
 garij). 
 
 A miz-.eranuh or present on account the grsiii 
 market called miiiisoor n;i!no;e. An item of tiic 
 soubci/ulanj/ abwab established by jdlli Ve^'di 
 Khaun. 
 
 o. 
 
 OMLAH, 
 
 (a. -sUrf s-amalah, plur. of J-tU s-dmil). 
 
 Officers, the civil officers of government. A 
 head of zeniindanj/ charges. See Nowarrah, 
 and Ausham. 
 
 OOI,, 
 
 (Probably a corruption of tam. olai). 
 The leaf of the Palmira tree on which they 
 write : a tetter, deed, lease.
 
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 OTT~PAI 
 
 OOLCOODY or OOLKOODY, 
 
 (tam. ulai-kucli, from olai the leaf of 
 
 the Palmira tree on which they write : 
 
 a letter, a lease, and kudi a tenant or 
 
 husbandman). 
 
 Hereditary tenant, and, perhaps, proprietor 
 
 of the land. See Meeuassadak, q. v. 
 
 OOL PARACOODY, 
 
 (See OoL and Paracoody). The fixed and 
 permanent tenant of the Meerassadar. He has 
 no properij in the soil. 
 
 OOL PYAKOODY, 
 
 See OoL and Pyak-oodt. ThesameasOoL 
 
 PAltACOODY, C[. V. 
 
 OOTAR, 
 
 (H.jb1 utdr). 
 
 Abatement, deduction. Rate of decrease of 
 rent in different classes of land. 
 
 ORCH, 
 
 A handful of ^rainbj which the rasasurement 
 of grain into cu'lums cr heaps is marked. 
 
 OTTY or OTTI, 
 A form of mo 
 propertj in Malabar. 
 
 OTTY KEMPUNUM or KEMPOONUM, 
 A similar contract in Malabar to Otty, q. v. 
 
 OTTY KOOLLY KANUM, 
 
 A form of mortgage, in Malabar, nearly simi- 
 lar to Otty, q. v. 
 
 OTTYPER or OTTYPAR, 
 
 A deed by which the Ja/ml-ar or proprietor 
 of land, in Malabar, transfcrs his property to 
 another. 
 
 A form of mortgage and transfer of landed 
 
 P. 
 
 PADDY, 
 
 (m. i^j'j pdd'i). 
 Rice in the husk. 
 
 PAGODA, 
 
 (Perhaps from jmgod an idol, which is 
 itself a word of doubtful origin). 
 
 A term, unknown to the natives of India, 
 given by Europe.iis to Hindu temples ; also 
 to a g.'dd coin, ofien with an image on it, 
 properly called Iliin or Hoon. 
 
 PAIEAKY, 
 
 (p. ,_JJU;l pdy-ldhi, from p. ^/'j pdy foot 
 
 and ^L- buM balance). 
 
 Under the head of balances. Jaghire appro- 
 priations for sundry pui'poses. 
 
 PAIKAN, 
 
 (p. i^ICj pai/Mn,ii\nr. of p. (i,<-j pai/k). 
 
 Foot messengers; village guards. AIJow- 
 Tw.ci^ for increa'jpd estab'ishment of the Pu/as, 
 or village guards ; being an item of the ivlus- 
 
 fORAT, q. V. 
 
 PAR 
 
 PAINAM, 
 
 (p. *'ijjj pdi/ndm). 
 
 Heads of the grand financial divisions of tho 
 soubah of Bengal, of which Zcmindarries, and 
 other separate jurisdictions, form the subdi- 
 visions. 
 
 PAITHEE SHURREEK. 
 
 (h. i^ijJ^iJ^peti sharik). 
 
 A belly, or interna!, partner. A conartner 
 in land in Tinntrellj/. 
 
 PALABHOGUM, 
 
 (tam. pcda-bhogam, from tam. pala 
 
 many, several, and s. iff*]" bhogam 
 
 enjoyment). 
 
 In the possession of several. Villages, the 
 landed property of which is held in common 
 by all the iiereditary proprietors, or Meerassa- 
 dars, of those villages, each however possess- 
 ing liis own land, as a separate property ; and 
 always holding the same spot of land. 
 
 PANCHOUTRA, 
 
 (h. 5^-^srj panchutrah, s- Tlj-qlf^ ^ pan- 
 ch6tura). 
 
 A cuslnm-house for collecting the inland 
 saj/er duties. 
 
 PANCHOUTRA KEFFYET, 
 
 (h. c:^::Ui -y^^ panchotarak-kifdyat). 
 
 Increase of revenue derived from bringing 
 fraudulent emoluments or abuses to account, 
 in the branches of sayer duty inland. It also 
 signifies inland soyer duties. See Pancuoutra 
 and Keffi'et. 
 
 PANDA RAH VADIKY, 
 SeePuNDARAH Vadikly. 
 
 PANDA RUM, 
 
 In the peninsula, a kind of travelling reli- 
 gious mendicant. 
 
 PANDARY, 
 
 Tax on shops of Muliammadan workmen and 
 retail merchants of that religion ; and on tem- 
 porary stalls in fairs held at places of MHSu'mnn 
 piigrim.agc, or Hindu Morship, being a branch 
 of the myer. 
 
 PANDERY, 
 
 A tax on shops and retail merchants in towns 
 in theNortliern Circars. See Paxdary. 
 
 PANMALA, 
 
 See Paunmala. 
 
 PARACOODY, 
 
 (tam. para-kudi, from s. t^ pa7'a 
 
 another, a stranger, strange, and tam. 
 kudl a villager or husbandman). 
 
 A temporary tenant from another village, 
 who cultivates tiie land of a Meeras'nuhir ; tlie 
 same as Pyacarry, Pvkai/'st. and Pyacoo- 
 DV, n. V. 
 
 PARACOODY OOL, 
 
 See pAaAcoo!)v and Oor, a fixed and per- 
 maut^nt tenant under a Meerassadar, or as hold- 
 ing of government. See Ooi* p.\RACoonY.
 
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 PEE 
 
 PARAGOODY, 
 
 See Pahacoody. 
 
 PARAGOODY WARUM, 
 (tam. jmra-hudi-iLidrttni). 
 The share of a Paracoodv, q. v. See also 
 Warum. 
 
 PARBUNNY, 
 
 (s. "CT^f^ parvanl). 
 What relates to the Hindu festivals at the 
 new and lull moon. A tux soineliines levied hy 
 Zemindars and fanners on the tenants. 
 
 PARIAR, , ^. 
 
 A term used by Europeans in India to de- 
 sij^nate the outcasts of tlie llinda tribes, and 
 the vilest things of their kind. 
 
 PASBAUN, 
 
 (p. j^lw.''u pd.i-lu)i). 
 A watchman or guard. See GoniAi.. 
 
 PASllENGARY, 
 
 The same as Palabhogum, q. v. 
 
 PATAM, 
 
 (tam. pdlam a corruption of s. Xlfpf jm- 
 
 tram a leaf). 
 A lease, or simple lease, in Mahibar, the same 
 as Pott ah in Bengal. See Warum Pat am. 
 
 PATNA CHITTY and BOGAMY, 
 
 Tax upon tlie heads or chiets of the right 
 and left hand casts, who each collected from their 
 casts certain impositions. Patmi Cliilhy, or 
 Shillj/, also means the head merchant of a town 
 who settles disputes of casts, and frc^jucntlj 
 collects the taxes from them. 
 
 PAULBHOGUM, 
 
 See Palabhogum. 
 
 PAUN, 
 
 (h. Jo^ pan). 
 Leaf of the piper hciel plant, which the na- 
 tives chew with the crraca nut and a small 
 quantity of prepared shcll-iime. 
 
 PAUNMILA, 
 
 (ii, i'U Jo pdn-mdld). 
 Betel -1 en f-s:,-\rAcn. Gro-.ind snitahle to the 
 culture of "the pipi r belle plant. Ntoijiih garden 
 lands. V. Nunjah. 
 
 PA I NISI ALEE, 
 
 See Paunmala. 
 
 PAY>IELE, 
 
 (p. J^J-i^pdy-mdl). 
 
 Tranplin-j under toot. Dcdnctioiis for tlie 
 devastations occasioned by the march of an 
 army. 
 
 PEETTOOTER, 
 
 (From p. ^-J pir an old man, a Miihaih- 
 madan sa£;e or saint, with a Hindu 
 termination). 
 Allowances to Muhnmmndan sages. A par- 
 ticular description of lands held rent free, or 
 Rssignments of the government dues from par- 
 ticular lands enjoyed by such persons. N. B. 
 A teruj not in common use. 
 
 PIC 
 
 PELSHWA, 
 
 (p. \y-j pdshu'd). 
 
 Guide, leader, 'i'he prime minister of the- 
 Maliratta government. 
 
 PELA.TURY, 
 
 A species of grain. 
 
 PELEAMUNAUM, 
 
 (Probably a mistake for tam\ pulii/a- 
 
 nianon). 
 Tamarind tree. 
 
 PEON, 
 
 (Probably a corruption of p, wLj pi- 
 
 2/ddah) . 
 
 A footman, a foot soldier. An inferior officer 
 or servant employed in revenue, police, o; ju- 
 dicial duties. He is sometimes armed with a 
 sword and shield. 
 
 PERGUNNAH, 
 
 (p. kSji^ parganah). 
 
 A small district consisting of several villages, 
 being a sub-division of a (Juuckla, q. v. 
 
 PERGUNNAT EL JUMMA, 
 
 (a. *-*.s.H ci-'lif^ pargandt-iil-jama-s). 
 
 A term intended to denote tlie accounts 
 showing the revenues of a pergi/7infih, and the 
 aggregate of tlie rents of tlie villages, after 
 deducting tiie jMofiissil charges. N. B. The 
 term is not in general use. 
 
 PERMARREE LAND, 
 
 Land in which the thorn and other shrubs 
 have grown requiring to be cut up and cleared 
 by the hatchet. 
 
 PESIIANUM, 
 
 (tam. pisanam), 
 
 A species of fine rice; the ^7«//a);?/jn harvest 
 begins about (he latter end of January, and 
 ends about the beginning of June. 
 
 PESIICAR, 
 
 (p.^li^; pesh-lidr for J^ J^ pesh-i- 
 
 kdr, from ^J^ pdsh before andjli hdr 
 work, business, affair). 
 Cliief agent or manager; chief assistant. 
 
 PESHCUSH, 
 
 (p. J:^ ^i-j pcsli-hash, from ^J~.)^ pdsh 
 
 . before and ,jii kash draw). 
 
 A present, particularly fo government, in 
 con>.i('.cr.;ti;m of an nppnintment, or as an ac- 
 knowledgement for any tenure. Tribute, fine, 
 ((uil-reiit, advance on the stipulated revenues. 
 The tribute formerly paid by the Poligars to 
 to government. The first fruits of an appoint- 
 ment, or grant of land. 
 
 PETTAH, 
 
 (tam. petfai). 
 The suburbs of a foriificd town. 
 
 PICOTAH, 
 
 A machine for raising water to irrigate the 
 fields in the peninsula.
 
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 PILLWANY, 
 
 (tam. pillu and pullu grass, pilwari and 
 pulwurl grassy). 
 A tax on grass or pasture ; grass land. 
 
 PLAKETA, 
 
 Uncultivated, waste or deserted land. 
 
 POITAL, 
 
 See PoTAiL. 
 
 POLLIGAR, 
 
 (tam pdlaiya-gdran or pdlahja-gdr.) 
 
 Head of a village district. Military chieftain 
 in the peninsula siniilai- to hill Zemindar in the 
 Northern Circars ; the chief of a Poll am, q. v. 
 
 POLLUM, 
 
 (tam. pdlmyam, from s. '^\^^ paly am 
 
 to be protected). 
 
 In the peninsula, means a district held by a 
 PoLLiGAR, q. V. Also a town. 
 
 PONICANDO, 
 
 Hill fields. 
 
 POOLIAPUT, 
 
 (Probably for s. M K-i^ M frT pdlya-pati). 
 
 Head of the pulyam (poUam), Lands in the 
 
 liands of PoUgars or Zemindars, and not under 
 
 the immediate management of govcruaient. 
 
 See PuLiAPUT. 
 
 POOLBUNDY, 
 
 (p. i_?J^ pul-handi). 
 Repairing the embankments. 
 
 POONAS or POONASS FUSSIL, 
 
 Cotton harvest. Small grain harvest in the 
 Northern Circars. 
 
 POONJEE, 
 See PuNJAH. 
 
 POONYUM PATAM, 
 
 (tam. piinyam-pdtam, S. UUij "Cf^ 
 
 •puny am patram). 
 
 Literally, a fair or equitable jwto//, or written 
 engagement. A lease where the rent and in- 
 terest of the sum advanced by the tenant to the 
 landlord seem security for each other ; and 
 nearly the same as Kannu.m Patum, q. v. 
 
 POOROOPA, 
 
 Eimums or grants of land paying a fixed 
 money rent or tribute in the Diiidigul and Tin- 
 7iexeUt/ provinces. See Poroopoo. 
 
 POOSHTEE BUNDY, 
 
 (p. ^cAi; icJ^ nushtah-handi from p. <*c-Li 
 pushtah or p. ^^^ij pusliti a prop or 
 buttress ; an embankment, and p. o-^ 
 handi making fast or repairing). 
 
 Repairing the embankments. An article of 
 of theZYR Matuote, q. v. 
 
 POREMPOCO, 
 
 Barren land wholly uncultivated and uncul- 
 tivable. See Puruampoke. 
 
 POROOPA, 
 
 See PooBooPA and Ponoopoo. 
 
 PUL 
 
 POROOPOO, 
 
 Nztiijnk or wet grain land paying a ftxed mo- 
 ney rei-.t in Tinnevdly. S^ Nvnjaii au4 
 PoonooPA. 
 
 POTAIL, 
 
 Head man of a village who collects the rents 
 from (he other ryots therein, and has the gene- 
 ral supcrintendance of its concerns, the same 
 person who in Bengalis called Mocuddim aqd 
 
 MuNDUL, q. V. 
 
 POT A LIES, 
 See PoTAiL. 
 
 POTEEL, 
 
 See PoTAlL. 
 
 POTT.AH, 
 
 (h. b paftd, probably a corruption of 
 
 s. ■q~5f patra a leaf, a leaf of paper, 
 
 &c.) 
 
 A lease granted to the cultivators on the 
 
 part of government, either written on paper, 
 
 or engraved with a style on the leaf of the fan 
 
 paLnira tree, by Europeans called cadjan. See 
 
 Patai\i. 
 
 POTTAHS JANAJAT, 
 
 (h. c:-V^^ ^ patta-jandjdt). 
 Pottahs or leases given to the cultivators indi- 
 vidually. See PoTTAH and Janajat. 
 
 POTTAHS TUCKA, 
 
 (Probably for Pottahs Teecha). 
 Poltahs granted to small farmers. See Pox- 
 TAH and TucKA. 
 
 PUCKALLY, 
 
 A man who, in the peninsula, carries water 
 in leathern bags or skins on a bullock. 
 
 PUGDI, 
 
 An extra assessment imposed in 1711 in Ca- 
 
 nara. 
 
 PULATHY, 
 
 Damaged produce. 
 
 iPULIAPUT, 
 
 (tam. pdlaiyavat, s. TITJ^Sj-g-?!^ pdlya- 
 
 vat) . 
 Literally belonging to a Pollum, q. v. 
 Lands in the Iiancls of Poligars, or Zemindars, 
 and not under the immediate management of 
 government. See Pooliaput. 
 
 PULLEE, 
 
 {tam. pa Hi). 
 
 The name of a cast, who, in the jag/iire, 
 either by custom or rule, have a hereditary- 
 right of service under the 3Ieerassadars, and 
 are entitled to one third of the share which the 
 latter receive of the crops. 
 
 PULLER, 
 
 {tam. pallai'). 
 
 The name of a low cast of people who till 
 the land in Tanjore, and are considered the 
 slaves of the soil. 
 
 iPULLERWURRY, 
 
 The name of a tax levied on the Puller cast 
 in the I}/n£?»V7// province. See Puller. 
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 PULLIUM, 
 
 See PuTTTOM. 
 
 PUN 
 
 PULLOO PATUA, 
 
 Ldbourjiiff Pullers, v. Puller. 
 
 PUNAHE, 
 
 (s. TJDifT^: pum/dhah). 
 
 Litcraliv, a holiday. The name of a zrmin- 
 darn/ chaVii^e in Bttidwan. See Puneah and 
 
 PlNEAlI KURTCU. 
 
 PUNCH A IT, 
 
 s(. q'^rTfljTr panchdyita). 
 
 Five assembled. An assembly or jury of 
 five persons to whom a cause is leterrcd for 
 investij^ation and decision ; an ancient Hindu 
 establishment. 
 
 PUNDAIIA, 
 
 See PuNDAUAH Vabiky. 
 
 PUNDARAH VADIKY, 
 
 Villages in the Southern pollams of which 
 the absolute proprietary right is cliiefly held by 
 inhabitants of the fourtli, or lowest Hindu 
 tril>e, called Soodrus. 
 
 PUNDARAH VANDH^Y, 
 
 See PUNDARAII VadiivV. 
 
 PUNDARY VADIKY, 
 SeePuiNDAUA Vadiky. 
 
 PUNDIT, 
 
 (s. XTf^ZJcT pandifa). 
 
 A learned Brahman. 
 
 PUNDlEKRUTCH, 
 
 An article of zemindarri/ charges in Dinagc- 
 pore. 
 
 PUNEAH, 
 
 (s T^n^ff^: piinydlwh). 
 
 Literally, a holiday. T!ie day when the set- 
 tlement for the new year is made. 
 
 PUNEAH KURTCH, 
 
 (h. _^Uj pitmjd-Jiharch). 
 Expellees incurred at the Puneah, q. v. An 
 item of zemindai ry charges. 
 
 PUNG, 
 
 (TAM.;ja»^»)' 
 Part, portion, dividend, lot, share. A por- 
 tion or sliare of a village in Ttinjure, the sanie 
 as Baugham, (j. v. 
 
 PUNJA, 
 
 See PuNJAii. 
 
 PUN.IAH, 
 
 (tam. jiunjat). 
 
 Land that cannot be easily watered by artifi- 
 cial means, depending chufl^ on the falling 
 rains for irrigation, and theretbre unlit for the 
 cuiiivatio.T of rico. See Nu:ijjau. 
 
 PUNJA I, 
 
 See Pr:;jAU. 
 
 PUNJAYll/r, 
 iSee PuNciiAiT. 
 
 PYC 
 
 PUNJEE, 
 
 See Pun J Alt. 
 
 PUKRAMPOKE, 
 
 Land utterly unproductive, such as sites of 
 towns and villages; beds of rivers, and, iu 
 some cases, of tanks: roads and extensive 
 tracts of stony and rocky ground where no 
 plough can go. 
 
 PUTTAH, 
 
 See PoTTAii. 
 
 PUTTEE, 
 
 The share of a village Zemindar in the dis- 
 trict of Benares. 
 
 PUTTEEDAR, 
 
 The holder of a share in the property of a 
 village in the district of Benares. See Puttee. 
 
 PUTTEEL and PUTTELL, for POTAIL, 
 
 q. V. 
 
 PUTTI, 
 
 An extra assessment made in addition to tlie 
 standard rent in Bcdnore in tiie years 1718 and 
 1758. 
 
 PUTTIAM, 
 
 (tam. pafiyani). 
 
 A written engaoement, the same as Patam 
 and PoTTAii, q. V. 
 
 PUTTIOM, 
 
 Sec PuVTIAM. 
 
 PUTTOOKUT RYOTS, 
 
 The same as Meerassadars, q. v. 
 
 PUTTUCKDAR, 
 
 (h. j^4.*cj patoMdr). 
 
 Literally, book-keeper, accountant. A species 
 of Zemindar or collector in 'J'aiijore, wlio liad 
 tiie charge of a greater or less jiumbcr of vil- 
 la:;es, and resembling the Naulwars in the 
 Jag/lire. , 
 
 PUTWARRY, 
 
 (n. Ljj^y-J patwdri). 
 Village aciouutant, the same as the Curnum 
 of the peninsula. 
 
 PYACARRY, 
 
 (h. ^J^}-i pdy-kdri from p. ^\j^ pay the 
 foot, and ^j'^:.]^ kdridun to cultivate, 
 to labour). 
 
 A sub-tenant or husbandman, who cultivates 
 the land of another tor one or more years by 
 agreement, for which lie is entitled to a certain 
 proportion of the produce, tlie same as Pya- 
 cooDY, Paracoudy, tindPyKAusT, q. v.' 
 
 PYACOODY, 
 
 (From r. ^j\ pay the foot, and tam. 
 hudi a peasant or cultivator^. 
 
 An under or sub-tenant, the same as Paka- 
 coouY, q. V. 
 
 PYCARRY, 
 
 See Pyacarry. 
 
 PYCOTTAH, 
 
 See PlCOTAU. ■ •^juiiu
 
 m the Affairs of Tlie EAST INDIA COMPANY. 
 
 .^9 
 
 PYK— RAJ 
 
 PlTvAUST, 
 
 (h. l:>«-'o1i.V^ pdy-kdsht, from p. ^\ 
 
 pay 
 
 the foot, and j^^ kdnhtan to culti- 
 vate). 
 
 An inferior or under tenant. T!ie term, ap- 
 plied to lands, means cultivated bv an under 
 tenant or peasant belonging to another village. 
 See PyACARfiY. 
 
 PYKAUST RYOTS, 
 
 (From H. i.::~^^}j pdt/MsJit). 
 
 Under tenants or cultivators. Those who 
 cultivate lands in a village to which they do 
 not belong, and hold their lands upon a more 
 indefinite tenure than the I'ltoclc khoshl lyols, the 
 poltahs or lea.ses under which thej hold being 
 generally granted with a limitation in point of 
 time. See Pvkaust. 
 
 PYKE, "' 
 
 (h. cjCj paijh from s. X^f^^ pdd'ika) . 
 
 A foot messenger. A person einpi03'ed as a 
 ftight watch in a village, and as a ruTiner or 
 messenger on the business of the revenue. 
 
 R. 
 
 Ri.CIlEWAR, 
 
 (A corruption of p. J^^ rdj-icdr, from 
 
 s. TT^ ^4/^' ^"^ ^' J^i tcdr). 
 
 Related to kings or nobles. A warlike tribe, 
 from which a part of the Zfmi/idars of the 
 IS^nrthern Circars are descended. The same as 
 
 Jiowwars. 
 
 RAHBERAN, 
 
 (p. ^^j! !i\) rdh-hardn, pi. of ^' Aj rdh-har, 
 from p. i^j rdh road, way, and^ har 
 carrying, conducting). 
 
 Road conductors or way guides. Allowance 
 for an increased number of guides for the conve- 
 nience and protection of merchants and travel- 
 lers, being an item of the Muscokate., q. v. 
 
 RAHDARRY, 
 
 (p ^J'^i^^ ruh-ddri, from P. a^j rdh road, 
 way, and p. ;_y^b ddri from jJi>\d 
 I dushtan to keep). 
 
 Keeping the roads. The term, applied to 
 duties, means those collected at different stations 
 in the interior of the country from passengers, 
 and on account of grain and othernecessariesof 
 life, by the Ztitiindars and other officers of go- 
 vernment, being a branch of the Sayer, q. v. 
 
 iUJAH, . . 
 
 (s. TTTSTT 'I'ojd, from the radical 7J3^ 
 rdj shine). 
 
 " King, prince, chieftain, nobleman. A title 
 in ancient times given to chiefs of the second or 
 military //w(/m tribe only. 
 
 ^^r T. . I 
 
 ROB 
 
 RAJE, 
 
 (s. XTs^ rdjya). 
 
 The title, tjffice, or juriidiction of a Ra^au, 
 q.v. 
 
 RAJEPOOT, 
 
 (A corruption of s. <(-.Sl^^ raja- 
 
 putrd). 
 
 Literally son of a king. The name of a war- 
 like race of Hindus. 
 
 RANNY, 
 
 (A corruption of s. "^l^ft t-djni fern, of 
 
 ITTsfT rdjd). 
 Queen, princess; wife of a Rajah, q.v. 
 
 RAWWAR, 
 
 (A corruption of p- j^^^l^ ixlj-wdr from 
 
 s- <,|^ T-tt/a, and v.j\j war). 
 See Rachem'ar. 
 
 RAYEL, 
 
 A title, equivalent to Pajah, given to the 
 sovereigns of Bijirugger, or, more correctly, 
 
 Vijaj/a-n{rgara. 
 
 RAZENAMAH, 
 
 (p. <tc'J ^\j rdzi-ndmah, from a. ,^\j 
 rdzi satisfied, and p. .u'j ndmah a wVit- 
 
 ing). 
 
 A written testimonial given by a plaintiflT, 
 upon a cause being finally settled, "that he is sa- 
 tisfied. The defeadant gives a Safee Namah, 
 q. V. 
 
 RECMY, 
 
 (p. ^j raJcami, from a. Jj rakam kind, 
 
 sort, species). ■TirHF 
 
 Of different sorts. Rupees of various deno- 
 minations and value. 
 
 REDDY, 
 
 See Reddywar. 
 
 REDDYWAR, 
 
 (Probably from s. ^f^ riddhi wealth, 
 
 and p. .1. icdr possessin2:\ 
 Wealthy, rich ; a rich man. A chief. 
 
 REKA, 
 
 Standard rent in Canara. 
 
 RHEDDYWAR, 
 
 See Reddywar. 
 
 ROBOCAR, 
 
 (p. jLi.j rii-ba-kdr). 
 
 Literally face to the business. Intent upoa 
 or ready for business. 
 
 ROBOCARRY, 
 
 : (•'• ^J-^^j rii-ha-hdn, from T.JS>i*.j 
 ru-ba-kdr). ...k.; uH .™. H 
 
 A form of instructions for proceeding in a 
 particular butiuess. SeeRoBocAR. ,.
 
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 uus 
 
 ROWANAH, 
 
 (p. i:^fJ rawcviah, from r. i^J^^,. rawci 
 
 nidan to cause to go, to dispatch). 
 A dispatch. A pass, passport, permit. 
 
 ROY ROWAN or ROY ROYAN, 
 
 (p. JAj ^\j rdi/i-rdi/dn, WievAUy rajah of 
 
 rajahs, or noble of nobles). 
 A IIij2du title given to tlie principal oflicPr of 
 the kli'alsa, or chief treasurer of the exchequer. 
 
 ROZEEXAM, 
 
 See UoziNAU. 
 
 ROZENAH, 
 See RoziNAH. 
 
 ROZIXADARAN, 
 
 (p, J\j\^ ^.jij ruzinah-ddrdii, pi. of p. 
 
 ,L* <.u.' ; • , rozinah-ddr) . 
 Who holtl or enjoy a daily allowance ; an 
 item of the MuscbiiAT, c^.v. The same as 
 
 ROZINAII, CJ. V. 
 
 ROZINAH, 
 
 (p. *ijjjj^ rdzlnah, from p. j^j rosa day). 
 Daily, daily allowance. Daily allowance to 
 the Brahmms, Sec. au item of the Muscorat, 
 q.v. 
 
 RUBRA, 
 
 (a. j-Jj rubas). 
 A fourth purt. The fourth share of the yearly 
 produce of lands received by the Mujuimmadan 
 irovpr'nincnt, which was coumiuted, in the time 
 of the emperor Jckbar, for a fixed payment, or 
 nioney rcJit, according to the /Issul Tumar 
 Jamma, or assessment of Toordl Mull. 
 
 RUCKBAII, 
 
 (a- aiij ruhhah). 
 
 Collar: cnclosuro, boundaries. Measurement, 
 or statement of measured lands of villages. 
 
 RUPEE, 
 
 (h. f^jj ri'tpyah, from s. "^^ rupya 
 silver). 
 
 The name of a silver coin of comparatively 
 modern currency : for it is remai-kablo that there 
 do not exist any specimens in that metal of a 
 date anterior to the establishment of the Mti- 
 Jmmmndan power in India; while a great many 
 in gold have been preserved of a far higher anti- 
 quity. The imaginary rupee of Bengal, called 
 the current rupee, in wliich the Company's ac- 
 counts were formerly kept, was rated at the 
 nominal value of two" shillings, and the real coin 
 called sicca rupee, sixteen per cent, better than 
 the current rupee. 
 
 RUSIIUM, 
 
 ISee RussooM. 
 
 RUSSOOM, 
 
 (a. (>}^j rusum, pi. of a* *-=; rasni). 
 
 CiVstoms, customary coniniissioMS, gratuities, 
 
 fres, or perquisites. Shares ol the crops an'i 
 
 ready money payments received by public ofli- 
 
 rieia, as per(juisites attached to tfacir situatlohb. 
 
 RYO— SAB 
 
 RUSSOOM NKZARAT, 
 
 (p. cj,\li;>,*^j rHSt'im-i~nazd.rat). 
 
 Perquisites of the ofiicc of Nazir; an item of 
 the Zvii Mathote, q. v. 
 
 RUSSOOM ZEMINDARRY, 
 
 (p. t_^j\x.^j.»y^j rit^um-i-zattiinddri). 
 
 Customary percpiisites attached to the office of 
 a y^< iiiitidar. i'erquisites or shares of the sayer 
 duties allowed io Xnnindars ; and deductions 
 from the collections equal to about five percent, 
 on the net receipts in the nwfussil treasury, en- 
 joyed by the Zemindars in addition to their 
 nancar or saverain lands. 
 
 RUSSUD, 
 
 (p. s^j rasad). 
 7iugnientation, applied to land rents. 
 
 RUSSUD JAMMA, 
 
 ( jw«.=i. Ju-, rasad-jamoi^). 
 
 A rent progressively increasing. SeeRussutt 
 and Jamma. 
 
 RYOT, 
 
 (a, ui-'-ij ras^ii/af, from a. i^j ra^yi to 
 graze, feed, or guard cattle). 
 
 Peasant, subject; tenant of house or land. 
 
 N. B. The Hindu term is Praja. 
 
 RYOTTY, 
 
 (v.^^j ras-iyati, from A.Li-^:^c, ras.iyaf)% 
 
 Relating to a Ryot, q. v. Hj/otty lands are 
 those in which the Ryots pay the government 
 dues in money ; contradistinguished from hho- 
 mar lands in which they are paid in kind. 
 
 RYOTWAR, 
 
 (p.j^ji^j roiiyatwdr). 
 
 According to, or with Rijots. A Ryotwar or 
 Kulzsar settlement is a settlement made by go- 
 vernment immediately with the Ryots indivi- 
 dually, under which the government receives its 
 dues in the form of a money rent fixed on the 
 land itself in cultivation, and not being a pecu- 
 niary commutation for its share of the produce, 
 varying as the extent of the produce may vary 
 in each year ; but under an aumanec settlement 
 t!ie government receives its dues in kind from 
 each cultivator. 
 
 s. 
 
 SABRACAR, 
 
 (For v.Ji>'i\jij^ sar-ha-rdhi-Mr): 
 
 The head in the way of business. A mana- 
 ger ; the managing owner of an undivided es- 
 tate. Manager appointed to take charge of the 
 lands of ^rw/«f/«r5 and independent TalookdarSf 
 lieing in their minority, or females. 
 
 SABRAKAR, 
 
 See Sauiiacah;
 
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 SAL 
 
 SADER WARED, 
 
 (a. Ji^.joU sddir-wdr'ul) . 
 
 Ready money coilections made in each village 
 from the Eyots for suppjyins>- the cutcherrij, or 
 loffice of public business, with lamps, oil, and 
 staticnary, 
 
 SADWANIAN, 
 
 (p. j^L'|.j>-) sadwdnlydn). 
 
 A company of pikemen consisting of one 
 hundred men. The expense of an establish- 
 ment of pikemen of ditlerent tribes, stationed 
 in peigimiinhs, and employed under Desmooks 
 or Zemindars, in the Northern Circars. 
 
 SADWARAIN, 
 
 See Sadwaniak. 
 
 SADWARIAN, 
 
 See Sai)wania;». 
 
 SAFEE NAMAH, 
 
 (f. <ulj ^'U? sdfi-ndmah, from a. ^^is 
 sdfi clearnessj and p. <ulj Hamah a 
 writing). 
 
 A testimonial given by tlie defendant, upon 
 the final settlement of a cause, that the matter 
 in dispute has been cleared up or settled, 
 
 SAGARTIIUM, 
 
 (s. ^|c^|8^ sukartkam). 
 
 A term denoting the Hindu a?ra of Salivi- 
 hanah. See Sawlivaganah. 
 
 SAGNALLY, 
 
 In the Dindigul province, means cultivated 
 lands. 
 
 SALAM, 
 
 (a. aLj saldni). 
 
 Salutation ; or the form of saluting, generally 
 by touching the forehead with the right hand. 
 
 SALAMY, 
 
 (p. ^^A^ saldmi, from a. (»Lo sakim). 
 
 What relates to salutation. A free gift made 
 by way of compliment ; or in return for a fa- 
 vour. 
 
 SALIANEH, 
 
 (p. (UUL sdliydnah) . 
 
 Annual. An annuity or annual allowance, 
 whether as a salary or gratuity. 
 
 SALIANAHDAR, 
 
 (p.jb <UUL sdliydnah-ddr). 
 
 One who enjoys an annual allowance : an 
 annuitant. 
 
 SALIANAHDARAN, 
 
 (p. ^J<j\o ajUL- sdliydnah-ddrdn, pi. of 
 
 p.jb itiUL sdUydnah'ddr). 
 
 Annuitants. An article in the rent-roll calletl 
 ttmmr, consisting of annual allowances in the 
 nature of jaghires in Sijlliet. 
 
 SALIS, 
 
 (a. ijJli sdlis). 
 
 One of three : an umpire or arbitrator. 
 
 SAY 
 
 SALISAN, 
 
 (p. ybl'j sdllsdn, pi. of a. t^li sdlis). 
 Arbitrators, umpires. Sec Salis. 
 
 SAELIANDARAM, 
 
 See Salia'Nahdara.v. 
 
 SALWAR JULHAI, 
 
 Telinga and Orissa tribe of weavers. 
 
 SAMADAYUM, 
 
 (s. ■H'MK iJf samdddyam, from ?t sum 
 
 with, together, and s. 3fT^J^ dddyam 
 
 receivable. 
 
 Lands the produce of which is receivable by 
 the tenants in co-partneship. Applied to vil- 
 lages, the term denotes, that the landed pro- 
 perty therein is held in common by all the> 
 Meerassadars or Ukiidies of the village, each 
 possessing his proportion of the common stock : 
 but not having a claim to any particular spot of 
 land beyond the period for which it is usual to. 
 make a division of the whole cultivation. 
 
 SATANTRUM, 
 
 See SoTANxauM. 
 
 SAVANAGAR, 
 
 (From H. (_^w. sab, or s. ^^ sarva all, 
 and p.jl>J nigdr painter or writer). 
 
 Who writes or represents every thing. A. 
 news writer or spy on the Aumildar in the 
 Northern Circars. 
 
 SAVANNAH NEGAR, 
 
 See Savan'agak. 
 
 SAVE RUM, 
 
 (t. Sj^ sdvarah, tkl. sdvaram). 
 
 An allotment of land, or of the government's* 
 revenue thereof, held by Zemindars, and other 
 principal revenue officers, rent free, as part of 
 the emoluments of their offices; a term used in 
 the peninsula answering to nancar in the Bengal 
 provinces. 
 
 SAWLIVAGANAH, 
 
 (A corruption of s. !<||R^cj j^<rl Sdll- 
 
 vdhana). 
 
 The name of a Hindu prince whose aera coni« 
 menced A.D. 78. 
 
 SAWMY, 
 
 (s. ^ \l\\ swdmi). 
 
 Lord, master, owner, proprietor. A title, 
 given also by the Hindus of the peninsula to" 
 their gods. 
 
 SAWMY BOGUM, 
 
 (s. 5F^7Jft >?t^ swdmi-hhogam). 
 The lord's enjoyment or possession. The 
 lord's right as proprietor. Quit rent, or ac- 
 knowledgment of proprietary right in the 
 peninsula. 
 
 SAYEH BUNJER, 
 
 Uncultivated lands divided into fields. See 
 
 BUNJER. 
 
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 GLOSSARY to Vth Rcpoi-t (I8I2) from Select Committee 
 
 sair to 
 
 SER 
 
 SAYER, 
 
 (a; yU *iV.y«>. F'"t- «ct. of A.^. 
 
 walk, move about). 
 What moves. Varialile imposts, distinct 
 from land rent or revenue, coiislstinor of cus- 
 toms ^oUs lit-encP-S t'l'tif's o» niercliancuze 
 and other articles of personal moveable proper- 
 ly ; as well as mixt duties, and taxes on liouscs, 
 shops, ba-ars, Sec. 
 
 SAYRl::, 
 
 See S.vYEK. 
 
 SEASUT, 
 
 (a. i.::^^\^ siydsat) . 
 
 Punishment. 
 
 SEBUNDY, 
 
 (p. ^_JJu.'<u seh-handi). 
 An irregular native soldier emplojcd in the 
 service of the revenue and i>o!ice. 
 
 SEBUNDY FUSLY, 
 
 ( (J-^ t^JcjiU sehbandi-fasli). 
 Irresfular military employed at harvest time, 
 or in collecting tlie'reveuues. See Sebundy. 
 
 SEDWAHRAIX, 
 
 SeeSADWANlAN. 
 
 SEERAB, 
 
 An article in the tumar assessment oi jaghtre 
 appropriatioi>s. 
 
 SEMAPATTY, 
 
 See Senapatty. 
 
 SENAPATTY, 
 
 (s. %^'^frr send-patl, from s. ^'^fT 
 
 s^jid an army, and s. T^fr{ pati master, 
 lord, commander). 
 Commander-in-chief of an army. 
 
 SER, SAR, and SIR, 
 
 (p,^ sar). 
 Head, chief. 
 
 SERF, 
 
 (a. ^^.-- sarf). 
 
 Exc^nge, discount. 
 SERF SICCA, 
 
 (p. clC ^^ sarf-i-sihhali). 
 
 Exchange on coin. Discount or halln on tlie 
 exchange of rupees ; an item of the soulxihduirj/ 
 (ilrarib, or cesses established by Alii Verdi 
 Khaun. 
 
 SERI, 
 
 See Btjttei. 
 
 SERINJAMMA^ 
 
 (p. J'^Sj^ saranjumiy from p. ^^]j-^ 
 
 sardvjdm m aterial s) . 
 
 What bf lonos to mat'?rials. Charger, on ac- 
 count of materials, or necessaries. Ciinrges of 
 collection : also those attending the nianufacture 
 and sa!e of salt. 
 
 SHA 
 
 SER TERRIM, 
 
 (From r. j^ snr head, and tam. iiram 
 value or rate). 
 
 Head assessor of land in the Ceded Districts. 
 See TerriiM and Ticukimdak. 
 
 SER TERRIMDAR, 
 
 Head Terrimdar or assessor. See Terrim- 
 nAii. 
 
 SEY KAUL Tl'RSO, 
 
 Lands not cultivated for a certaio number of 
 
 years. 
 
 SEZAWAL, 
 
 (t. Jj^j-j sazdwal, probably a corruptioa 
 
 of p. J^jl-j sdz-dwwal). 
 
 The first, or chief in any business. A native 
 officer employed, oa a monthly allowance, to 
 collect the revenues. 
 
 SHAIIBUNDER, 
 
 (p.j.xj ili shdh-handar). 
 
 The rn-/;!l or Kiu<^'s port. The government 
 custoai-iiojye at Dacca, 
 
 SHAIKDAR, 
 
 (p.jb ii^Ja shaikJi-ddr). 
 
 Title of an Jiimiluar, in the Northorn Cir- 
 cari, in his capacity of Di'uOanni/, or iiuaucial 
 delegate. 
 
 SIIAIKDARRY, 
 
 (v. ^hu-^ si a'lhJiddri). 
 Tao office of a Suaikuaii, q. v. 
 
 SHAKDAR, 
 
 See Shaikdar. 
 
 SHAM DOG L'E, 
 
 (s. ^(ift^T sam-bhoga, from s. ^ sam 
 
 with or together, and s. 1^[T\ Ui6ga en- 
 joying, possessing). 
 
 One who enjoys or paruikes with others. A 
 term for t!ie Ciirnum^ or village accountant, in 
 
 the south of India. 
 
 SHAMUL, 
 
 (a. J.<l.ij shdmil). 
 
 Witii, together with; united, put together. 
 Assessments added to the shisl, or standard rent, 
 in the peninsula. 
 
 SHAROGAR, 
 
 In the southern pollnms, an officer of Peons, 
 or militia generally ; but also an officer of any 
 kind. 
 
 SHASTER, 
 
 (s. 5nW sdsfra, from the root ^SJJ^^ sds 
 rule, govern, instruct). 
 
 The instrument of government or instruction. 
 Any book of instruction ; particularly contain- 
 ing divine ordinances. 
 
 SHASTRY, 
 
 Of or belonging to a Shatter. See Sh aster. 
 N.B. Sliaslrics, in Report, p. 87, is eyidgitlj 
 a mistake for Shaslers.
 
 on the Affairs of The EAST INDIA COMPANY. 
 
 43 
 
 SIR 
 
 SHAVEE, 
 
 Withered or damaged corn. 
 
 SHAVUL, 
 
 See SnEvuL. 
 
 SHERISTAIl, 
 
 (Properly p. iJi^jj^ sar-rishtah). 
 A public record. 
 
 SHERISTAUAR, 
 
 Properly p. j\<:> icJ^ijj^ sarrlslituh-ddr). 
 
 Keeper of the records ; or one who keeps a 
 record of accounts or particular transactions. 
 The recorder in a court of justice under the 
 Company's government. A revenue accountant 
 of a dishicl, who checks the accounts of the 
 regular village Curnuin or accountant. 
 
 SHEROGAR, 
 
 See Shaiiogar. 
 
 SHEYUL or SHEWUL, 
 . A description of land so called in Tanjore. 
 
 SHIST, 
 
 (s. f^^ sisJda). 
 
 Remainder. B vlance of standard rent, after 
 deductions, in Canara. 
 
 SHOTRIUM or SIIROTRIUM, 
 
 (Probably from s. ^f^f-^^ srotriyam, 
 apperta ning to a Brahman learned in 
 
 divinity). 
 
 Land allowed to be held at a favorable rent 
 Iry an in iividual, either as a rev.ard for ser- 
 vices, or as a compensation for duties to be dis- 
 chargeil ; being similar in its application to 
 Maunium, q. V. 
 
 SHOTRIUMDAR or SIIROTRIUMDAR, 
 Tiie holder or possessor of a Suotrium, q. v. 
 See also Dah. 
 
 SHROF, 
 
 (a. i—i\j^ sarrdj). 
 A banker or money changer. 
 
 SHUD-MUL-GUENY, 
 
 A tenant by simple purchase in Canara. 
 
 -SIIUDRA, 
 
 (s. S[T^ sudra). 
 A Hindu of the fourth or lowest ttibe. 
 SHUT WAR for STULWAR, q. v. 
 
 SHYA, 
 
 (a. <u-.i sliUah). 
 One of the sect of AU. 
 
 SIBBUNDY and SIBBENDY, 
 
 See Sebcndy. 
 
 SIMPERTY, 
 
 See Sumpardy, 
 
 IsIRCAR, 
 
 See Ciucak. 
 
 SOU 
 
 SIRDAR, 
 
 (p. jbj-j sar-ddv, from ^ sar the head 
 
 andjlj ddr holder or keeper). 
 Cliioftain, c.iptain, head man. 
 
 SIRDAR FOLTJE, 
 
 (p. ^^Jdj~:sa rdur-i-fauj). 
 
 Captain of the military. Title of an Aumil- 
 dar in his militarv capacity. 
 
 SIRNA GOUR or SUR\AR GOUR, 
 
 The head Potail or farmer of a district, in tlie 
 Ceded Districts. 
 
 SIST, 
 
 See SaisT. 
 
 SONAR, 
 
 (ii. jL-: stindr, from s. ^u(c|^[ ^ sicarna- 
 
 kdia). 
 A worker in gold ; a goldsmith. 
 
 (a. ^J^ SlDVll). 
 
 The name of the sect of Muhammadfinx who 
 revere equally the fo;ir succc^-ors of Muham- 
 mad. See Shy A. Tue Turks are Sonces, and 
 tiie Persians Shj/as. 
 
 SOORNADAYEM, 
 
 See SoKNADYEM. 
 
 SOOROOTHAL, 
 
 (p. JU- i^t}^ surat-hdl, or more gram- 
 matically correct, surat-i-hdl). 
 The statement of a case in writing. 
 
 SORNADYEM, 
 
 r^ ^ • ^ 
 
 (s. ^^OTT^'^j' su-arndddyain, from ?^0T 
 
 % * 
 swama gold, and 3(T?7T (iddyum to 
 
 be received, receivable. 
 What is receivable in money. Rent receivable 
 in money, not in kind. 
 
 SOTLNDRUM, 
 
 See SoTUNTRUM. 
 
 SOTUNTRUM, 
 
 * 
 
 (From s. ^^rf^ sicatantra). 
 Unrestrained, at liberty, free. Free land. 
 
 SOUBAHDARRY, 
 
 (p. ^J\ii iJ^»-» aubah-ddri). 
 The office or jurisdiction of a Subahdar. 
 
 SOUCAR, 
 
 (h. jl>;JsL- sdhu-hdr). 
 A merchant or banker. A money lender. 
 
 SOUCAR TEEP, 
 
 A banker's bill. See Soucar and Tee p. 
 
 SOUNARDYEM, 
 
 See .SoRXADVEM. 
 
 SOURNAYDYEM, 
 
 See SoRNADYElf. 
 
 SOURNYOIAM, 
 
 See SoR.vADVEM.
 
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 GLOSSARi' to Vth Report (\ 812) from Select Committee 
 
 SUxM 
 
 STULWAR, 
 
 From s. W(<71 stltala land, dry land, and 
 
 v.j\) war). 
 By firilds. Estimation made according to llic 
 quantity of land, or by fields. 
 
 STUTWAR and STUTWA for STULWAR, 
 
 X|. V. 
 
 SUAVERUM, 
 See Savebum. 
 
 SUBAH, 
 
 (a. <^_''^ svhali). 
 
 A province, snch as Bengal. A "rand divi- 
 sion of a country, whicii is again divided into 
 rirrars, cliiicl.lahs; pergunnafig, and villages. 
 IS'. B. The term, though Arabic, is, in this 
 sense, peculiar to 7«f//a. Europeans are apt to 
 confound this term with Subahdar, q.v. 
 
 SUBAIIDAR, 
 
 (p. J^ i<:_y subah-ddr). 
 The viceroy or governor of a province. See 
 SuBAH. The title is also used to designate a 
 native military officer, whose rank correspojids 
 with tliat of a captain. 
 
 SUBAIIDARIIY ABWAB, 
 
 (a. i—A^\ ^j'j-xjw! subaliddn-ahwdh) . 
 The imposts or cesses of the Subahdar or 
 V iceroy. Viceroyal imposts of Jajjicr Khan, 
 Soiijah Khan, Alixcrdi Khan, and C'ossim Al/j/,^ 
 levied on the land and sat/ir to the amount of 
 tiie liimar or standard assessment ; the Zemin- 
 dars who paid them being authorized to collect 
 them from the Ji)/ols, in the same proportions 
 to their respective (juotas of rent. 
 
 , SUBDIIARRY, 
 
 See SoUBAHD.VRUY. 
 
 SUCCOWASIIEE, 
 
 (s. ?T3c[ cfjffi' suhha-vdsi). 
 
 Who resides at pleasure. A sojourner. A 
 resident Pyacnrry in thujaghire. 
 
 SUDDER, 
 
 (A.j.Xe sadr or sadar). 
 The breast; the fore court of a house. The 
 chief seat of government, contradistinguislied 
 fiom mnfiissil or interior of the country. The 
 presidency. 
 
 .SLDUER DEWANNY ADAWEUT, 
 
 (p. i-ii 
 
 lU- 
 
 'i^^^ ,ju5 sadar-diicdni-&add- 
 
 lat). 
 
 The chief civil coint of justice under the 
 Company's government, held at the presidency. 
 
 JiUDDER NIZAMUT ADAWLUT, 
 
 (p. c^Lvji <j^.<}^J2J j^^ sadar-nlzdmat- 
 
 ^addlat) . 
 
 The chief criminal court of justice under the 
 Company's government. 
 
 SUMMADAYUM, 
 
 See Samadayum, 
 
 SYC-TAK 
 
 SUMMTIT, 
 
 A division or district in the Ceded Districts. 
 
 SUMPARDY, 
 
 (tam. sanipradi). 
 
 A public accountant. The register of a dis- 
 trict in the souAern pol/ams. 
 
 SUNNTD, 
 
 (a. JO--I sanad). 
 
 A prop or support. A patent, charter, or 
 written autiiority for holding either land or 
 office. 
 
 SUNNT-D MAUNIAM, 
 
 See SuNsii) and Maunium. Small portions 
 of land held by siinniid, or written authority, 
 renewable from year to year, and if not renewed 
 the title ceases. 
 
 SURNADAY'UM, 
 
 See SoRNADYEM. 
 
 SWASTRIUM, 
 
 (s. ^c| fJ^ij sivastr'tyam, or s. ^^ 
 sivastram. 
 
 One's own property. Landed property or 
 inheritance answering to caniachy ( kdniydJsi) 
 in the Tamul, and meerassee in the Persiutt 
 languages. 
 
 SWASTRIUMDAR, 
 
 (From s. ^cj (t^^^ stvastrii/am, and p.j\>i 
 ddr) . 
 
 The holder or proprietor of a SwastriuMj 
 q. V. 
 
 SWASTRUM, 
 
 See SwASTRiUM. 
 
 SYCURGIIAL, 
 
 Jaghire assignment, usually for life, on cer- 
 tain lands for the whole or part of their assessed 
 revenue. 
 
 SYCURGUL JAGHIRES, 
 
 Charitable or religious jaghi7rs to the Mit' 
 hamnutdans. 
 
 T. 
 
 TADDUL, 
 
 See Teddul. 
 
 TADDITL PUNJAII or PUNJA, 
 
 See Teddul Pukjah. 
 
 TADDUL PUNJAH TEERVA, 
 
 See Teddul Punjah Teerwa. 
 
 TAHEEREER, 
 
 (a.jJj^ tahrir). 
 Writing. Fee for writing. 
 
 TAIISEELDAR, 
 See Teiisildar. 
 
 TAKSEEM, 
 
 See TucKSEEM.
 
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 TAL 
 
 TALAM CAVEL, 
 
 See Tallum Cawet,. 
 
 TALLARI, 
 
 (tam. tala'iydri). 
 A watchman. See Talliaii. 
 
 TALLIAR, 
 
 (tam. tala'iydr). 
 
 A guiird or watchman. A v!llan;e police offi- 
 cer in the Peiiinsuhi, w'no gives iiiibrnrdtion of 
 crimes and offences, and escorts and protects 
 persons travelling to neighbouring villages. 
 
 ^■-TALLUM, 
 
 « 
 
 (tam. talam, for s. ^^^ sthalam), 
 A place, dry land. 
 
 TALLUM CAWEL, 
 
 (tam, talam-cawet). 
 
 Place or village watching. See Tallum and 
 Cawel Tallum. 
 
 TALOOK, 
 
 (a. (jJjti tcu-allitli). 
 
 The being dependent, dependence, a depen- 
 dency. A district the revenues of which are 
 imder the management of a Talookdj^ r, q. v. 
 and are generally accounted for to the Zemindar 
 within whose jurisdiction it happens to be in- 
 cluded ; but sometimes paid iunnediately to 
 government. 
 
 TALOOKDAR, 
 
 (p. jLt ^^ tai-alluk-ddr). 
 
 The holder of a Talook, q.v. Taloolalars 
 are petty Zemindars ; some of whom pay their 
 rent, or account for the collections they make 
 from the Ri/ots, through a superior Zemindar ; 
 and otliers direct to government. Those deno- 
 minated Miisconrj/ ixxe of the former description; 
 and the latter are called independent Talookdars. 
 
 TALOOKDARUY, 
 
 (p. i_c,'j jl«J' tar-alluk-ddri). 
 The jurisdiction of a Talookdar, q.v, 
 
 TALOOKEH, 
 
 (a. aiiUj' tai-alluhah). 
 Dependence, dependency. See Talook. 
 
 TALOOKEIT JUDEED, 
 
 (p. si^s>~'ij^ tacallnhah-i-jadid). 
 
 New dependencies or acquisitions, mostly by 
 conquests, in the Northern Circars. 
 
 TALOOKEH KUDEEM, 
 
 (p. j».'Jo .JiLv fa~alluhah-i-kadim). 
 
 Old dependencies, or acquisitions. Original 
 Zemindaries in the Northern Circars. 
 
 TEE 
 
 TALOOKEH MHALZAMLNEE, 
 
 (p. t^J^ Jlc'ajix:' tcuallukah-i-mdl-zd- 
 vihii). 
 
 Dependencies of pecuniary security. Per- 
 s;unnahs of neighbouring Znniudar.t in tiie 
 Northern fVrrrtr^, for tlie annual rent of which 
 security had been given. 
 
 TALOOKEH ZEDBERDESTY, 
 
 (p. t_c-jj),jj'iJil^' ta:aUuhah-i-zahar- 
 dasti). 
 
 Dependencies or acquisitions made by yio- 
 Icnco, without any authority, in the Nortlierii 
 Circars. 
 
 TANNAH, 
 
 (h. <0l^' fhdnah or u. ll^' fhdnd, a pro- 
 vincial corruption of s. Vsj j'^ st'/uum). 
 
 A station. A military post or station, often 
 protected by a small fort. A petty police juris- 
 diction, subordinate to tliat of a DAnoGA,q.v. 
 
 TANNAH DAR, 
 
 (h.jIj ij\j fhdnah-ddr). 
 
 Tiie keeper or commandant of a Tannah, 
 q. V. A petty police officer whose jurisdictioa 
 is subordinate to that of a DARocAii, q. v. 
 
 TANNAHJAT or TANNAHAUT, 
 
 (h. cuU.- ij\xj fhdnah-jdt, or h. cyl^l^" 
 
 fhdnahdt, plur. of aJl^' thdnah). 
 
 Small provincial stations or garrisons for sc- 
 hundi/ corps. 
 
 TARBUND, 
 
 A grove or plantation of palmira trees. 
 
 TATOODARRY, 
 
 A laud tenure in the Northern Circars at a 
 low unalterable rent. 
 
 TAWFEER, 
 
 (A.^y iavfir). 
 Increase. 
 
 TAZEER, 
 
 (a.jJxj fas-zir). 
 Punishment, correction. 
 
 TEDDULPUNJAH, 
 
 The highest land in the country, and depen- 
 dent entirely on the falling rains. See Punjab. 
 
 TEDDUL PUN.IAH TEERAVA, 
 
 Tlie rate or rent payable for the highest land, 
 dependent entirely on the falling rains. See 
 Teddi L, PuiVJAH, and Teerwa. 
 
 TEECKA, 
 
 (h. \L^ tluhd). 
 Hire, fare, contract, job. 
 
 TEECKADAR, 
 
 (ii.^.blL^- ehikd-ddr). 
 
 One who has engaged or contracted to culti- 
 vate a spot of ground under a Teecka Pottaii, 
 q.v. 
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 TER 
 TEECKA POTTAII or TIKA PUTTAII, 
 
 (h. \L \L^ fhikd-paitd). 
 A contract or faiming lease. See Teecka. 
 
 TEEP, 
 
 (n. i—^j tip). 
 
 A note of liiuid. ' A promissory note jriven hj 
 a native hanker or moni'j-loiiticr to Sininiirlars 
 and otliers, to enable them to t'urni^li govern- 
 ment with Asecuriijf for the payment of their 
 renfs. 
 
 TECRSEY, TERREY, or TERSEE, 
 
 Waste cultivated land, ^ee Appendix, p. 
 753. 
 
 TEERVA, 
 
 See Teerwa. 
 
 TEERWA, 
 
 (t AM. ttrivai). 
 Rar. custom, toil, rent. Money rent. 
 
 TEERWAIT, 
 See Teerwa. 
 
 TESIMHA DAROGIIATIY, 
 
 (p, (_54Cjjb <».s^;^:>^ tashiliah-ddroghahi). 
 
 Lite -al'V, superiiitfndenoo of the verification. 
 Superinieiwieiice of the ofUce fur examining- and 
 markina:- ilje hoise : j<i,!^liiie appropriations to 
 the (.ffioiers \vl»o Lave iiie ,cbarge of tiiat depait- 
 mcut. 
 
 TEHSIL or TEITSEEL, 
 
 (a. Jr's^ tulml). 
 
 Acquisition, attainment. Collection of the 
 piil.ric leve.iues. 
 
 TEHSILDAR, 
 
 (p j^jL-ss:^' tahsil-diir). 
 
 Who has charge of tiie collpctions. A native 
 collector of a di'^irict acting unacr a European 
 or ^^emindur. See Tehsil. 
 
 TEH SI L DEWANNY, 
 
 (P- ciV-*^ J .:"^'^ tahstl-i-diiidni). 
 
 Collection of the revenues j.ayable into the 
 public treasury. 
 
 TEIISIL SERIN JA^IMY, 
 
 (p. ^WJ^ Jh^^ talisil-l-sardnjdmi). 
 
 Collection account contingent expenses ; be- 
 !g in the I 
 
 RINJAMMY. 
 
 ing in tlie nature of abwaf} or cesses. See Se- 
 
 TELCOS, for FELOOS, q. v. 
 
 TERF, 
 
 (a. i-Jl? tar for taraf). 
 Side, quarter. Division of a Pergtjnnah, 
 q. V. 
 
 TEUEEY, 
 
 See Teersev. 
 
 TOP 
 
 TEnnnr, 
 
 (tam. taram). 
 Sort, kina, rate. 
 
 TEURIMDAR, 
 
 (From TAM. taram sort, kind, rate, and 
 
 p.jb ddr holder, keeper). 
 An assessor of land. 
 
 TERb'IM MUTASEDDY, 
 
 (From tam. taram sort, kind, rate, and 
 
 A. ^\.a^< muiasadili a writer or clerk) 
 An assessor of land. 
 
 TERWA, 
 
 See Teerwa. 
 
 TERWAR, 
 
 See Teerwa. 
 
 TESHKEES JLJMMABUNDY, v: 
 
 See Tucksees Jtimmabundy. 
 
 TESKEFS JUMMABUNDY, 
 See Tucksees Jummabundy, 
 
 TiKA PUTTAH, 
 
 See TnncKA Pottah. 
 
 TOAHIDY, 
 
 (A corruption of a. j>fy tai-ahhitd). 
 An agrcerncnt, a contract. 
 
 TODDY, 
 
 (h. ^Jj tdri or tddi) 
 
 Tiiejuicf of the palm tree, which, in a fer* 
 men ted .state, is intoxicating. 
 
 TOLLIAR, 
 
 See Tai^i>iar. 
 
 TOMERACA, 
 
 A species of tree. 
 
 TONDEWARUM, 
 
 (ta m . tondi-ndram) . 
 
 Literally, t;<-l!y f^l.iie. Share of the tenantry 
 in the division of the crop. See Coijewarlm. 
 
 TOOKEM REZEE, 
 
 (p. ^jij *5^ tulihm^r^zi, from P. ^ 
 
 tulckm seed, and p. ^'j>j rffz/sheddini^). 
 
 Sovviiig seed. An accn;:!it of seed sown, 
 taken by the village accountant ur Curnum, 
 q. V. 
 
 TOO R HAD!, 
 
 (A corruption of a. ^ ta^ahhud). 
 An agreement, contract. 8*^6 To.AHin i'. A 
 species of mortgage in diimra w''ich does i'"'t 
 "ive the mortnajiee anv riiflit of interfi renc.'^ ii 
 the management oi' the estate : but entitles 
 him to a quantity of rice equal to the iutercat 
 due on his loan. 
 
 TOPE, 
 
 (tam. topu). 
 A grove of trees. 
 
 (t. l-.> t6p). 
 A cannon or great gun.
 
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 TUC 
 
 TOPEKIIANAH, 
 
 (p. A.Uc-jJ ■op-khdnah from t. <-_->' f'-'P 
 a caunon or gun, and i*. ^^ klidnali 
 a house). 
 The ordnance ; the artilleiy. The place 
 ■wuei-p artillerj and iiiilitarj stores are kept. 
 
 TOTACUL, 
 
 See ToTYCAUL. 
 
 TOTICAL, 
 
 Si-C ToTYCAUL. 
 
 TOTIE, 
 
 A viilage police ofiicor whose (liifieB are con- 
 £!j?d more immediato'ly to the villaoe ; bnt who 
 also guards the crops and assists in Hieasuring 
 them. 
 
 TOTYCAUL, 
 
 Garden produce. Sec Vanpyar. 
 
 TOV/ARY, 
 
 A mistake for Jowary, q. v. 
 
 TOWFEER, 
 
 (a.^-JJ tan fir). 
 Increase. 
 
 TOWFEER JAGHIREDARAN, 
 
 (p. ^^JjjJ^j^y taufir-i-jdgirddrdn). 
 
 Increase of or from jas^Mredars. An item of 
 soubahdarri/ abzoab, or cesses ; consisting of an 
 increase of revenue from jaghircs appropriated 
 to the support of troops ; sometimes to military 
 officers, and to other public individuals. 
 
 TOWJEE, 
 
 (a. i^J taiijih). 
 Calling attention. A statement or circum- 
 stantial account delivered every month. 
 
 TUCKA, 
 
 See Teecka. 
 
 TUCKADAR or TUK^VDAR, 
 See Teeckadar. 
 
 TUCKAIR, 
 
 See TuccAVY. 
 
 TUCKA POTTAH, 
 See Teecka Pottah. 
 
 TUCKA VY and TUCCA\ Y, 
 
 (a. t^jUi" tahdvi) 
 Strengthening, corroborating, assisting. As- 
 sisting tenants with an advante of money for 
 cultivation, when the necessary means are 
 wanting. 
 
 TUCK AY, 
 
 A mistake for Tuccavy, q. v. 
 
 TUCKSEEM, 
 
 (a. t,fr^ tdlisim). 
 
 Divisiiin, distribution. The divisions or con- 
 stituent parts of the assessment called funinr 
 janivia, aiul conpreheniling not only the quota 
 of tlie greater territorial diviiions, but of the 
 villages, and of the indiviiinal Rj/ots; and ap- 
 plied by some to designate otticr standard 
 assessments. 
 
 TYA 
 
 TUCKSEES, 
 
 (a. ^«a-.i> taJchsis). 
 Appropriating, appropriation, particularizing. 
 
 TUCKSEES JUMMAin NDY, 
 
 (p. ^Ai*s.*a- ;^-i~i> taklisis-jamati-ban- 
 di)': 
 
 A particular roll or statement of the net 
 annual settlement concluded with the Zemfn- 
 dars, T(dool;dars and renters. It aKo signiiies 
 the tumar jummabandij oi 'I iirell Mull,, as cor- 
 rected by Jaffia- Khan in 1722. 
 
 TUKUDDAR for TEECKADAR, q. y. 
 TUMAR, 
 
 (a.jU^ tumdr). 
 A roll, volume, book. 
 
 TUMAR JAMMA, 
 
 (a. *-*j-jUy tumdr-jamoi). 
 
 The roll amount. The sum total of an as- 
 sessment inrollcd or recorded in tiie public 
 register. Tlie term is particularly applied to a 
 standard money assessment, by measurement, 
 of the land revenues, formed by Turell 31ull 
 about A. D. 1582, during the reign of Acl:bar, 
 by collections, through the medium of Canon- 
 goes, and other inferior officers, the accounts 
 of the rents paid by the li^ois, which formed 
 the basis of it. Jt is also used to designate the 
 same standard assessment as it was reformed 
 under Sullan Sujah in 1658, and by Jaffier 
 Khan in 1722, during the reign of the emperor 
 Mahomed Shah. See AssuL; also Deccaji 
 Jamma Kuaunil. 
 
 TUN CAW, 
 
 (p. ii^.sXi tan-khdh, from p. Ji tan the 
 
 body, and p. n^f- hhdh want). 
 
 An assignment on the revenue for personal 
 support, or other purposes. 
 
 TUNKEE, 
 
 Small island. 
 
 TUNKHA, 
 
 See Tu.vcAW. 
 
 TUPPAII, 
 
 (h. Uj tappd). 
 A small division of a country. 
 
 TURRABUDDY MAUNIAMS, 
 
 (From TAM. tarahaddi settled dimensions 
 of the fields or villages, and tam md- 
 viyam a field tax free). 
 
 A term used in thejaghire to designate lands 
 exempted from the payment of the government 
 dues at the original measurement of the lands. 
 See Macmam. 
 
 TURREFDAR, 
 
 {p.jht-ijs tarqf-ddr, from a. u-ij? farqf 
 
 a side or quarter, and p. ^L^ ddr keeper). 
 
 One who has charge of a portion o( a pcrgun- 
 nah called a laruf. See Terf. 
 
 TYACUT, 
 
 In the Dindij^ul province, land.
 
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 GLOSSARY to Vth Report (1812) from Select Committee 
 
 TYN— UL— VEK 
 
 TYAGEE, 
 
 (s. ^pfT tydgi). 
 
 One who lins forsaken all worldly objects to 
 lead a religious life. Ouc of a privileged cast. 
 
 TYARGAH, 
 
 Privileged casts in the Ceded Districts. 
 
 TYCUL, 
 
 A description of jaghirr grant to an indivi- 
 dual tor maintaining a military force, and other 
 particular services, in the Northern Circars. 
 
 TYNAUT, 
 
 (a. i^^^<-!^ ta-indt, plur. of a. ^^,-*j 
 
 Appointments. Troops appointed or station- 
 ed on particular service. 
 
 u. 
 
 UL, 
 
 See Oct,. 
 
 ULCOODY, 
 
 See OoL CooDY. 
 
 UL PARACOOUYj 
 
 See OoL Pakacoody and PAnAcooDY. 
 
 VACKEEL, 
 
 (a. J-^j waMl or vakil) 
 
 One endued with authority to act for another. 
 Ambassador, agent sent on a special commis- 
 sion, or residing at a court. Native law 
 pleader under the judicial system of the Com- 
 pany. 
 
 VANPYAR or VANYPAR, 
 
 Lands yielding garden produce in Tiiinnr/hj, 
 •cultivated in back yards or select spots; con- 
 sisting of plaiiitains, sugar cane, tobacco, chi- 
 lies, &c. Tolicmil or totjjccutl, is another name 
 for this kind pf produce. 
 
 VEDS or VEDAS, 
 
 (s. plur. ^Z^: v^Jdh, s. sing, ^-^i 
 vddah). 
 Science, knowledge. The sacred scriptures 
 of the Hindus. 
 
 VEKKHI S, 
 
 In tie Northern Circars, the net statement of 
 the rents actually to be piiid into the public 
 treasury. 
 
 V EL— WAS 
 
 VEESPADDI, 
 
 (tam. visapadi, from tam. v'lsam a six- 
 teenth part). 
 
 Villages so called from the land and rent 
 being divided into sixteenth shares, the sharers 
 of which settle among themselves the exact pro- 
 portion of the whole rent that each is to pay. 
 
 VELLAVERSY RYOTS, 
 
 Resident or sojourning cultivators or Rynls 
 of a village, such as Paracoodies and Pva- 
 
 carries. 
 
 s. 
 
 q7.>f 
 
 VELMA, 
 
 (Probably a corruption of 
 
 varmma armour), 
 
 A Telinga tribe descended from, or adopted 
 into the families sprun.g from the ancient princes 
 of TJ'orungu!, being similar to the Nairs of 
 Malabar, and Naigs of Canara. Of this tribe 
 are many of the Zemindars ia the Northern 
 Circars. 
 
 VELMA DHORAS, 
 
 (s. pi. ^Sif tTTTT: varmma-dliardh). 
 
 Who wear armour. A body of military 
 men formerly introduced into the Northern 
 Circars to support the governiueut. 
 
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 WAKENEGAR, 
 
 {p.J^ ^^j wdJu~ah-nigdr). 
 
 News-writer, intelligencer. Remembrancer 
 of transactions in the Dexcannce department. 
 
 WARAKUM, 
 
 The name of a certain village charge in the 
 peninsula. 
 
 WARRA TONDOO, 
 
 Term hy which the Mcerassadars are desig- 
 nated in the Carnalic. 
 
 WARUM, 
 
 (tam. wdram). 
 
 Share. Share of the produce, or the rate 
 by which the division of it is made between 
 the cultivator and governnjent. 
 
 WARUM PATAM, 
 
 (tam. icuram-pdtam). 
 
 A simple lease in JSfalabar, the same as 
 Patam, q. v. See also Warum. 
 
 WASIL, 
 
 (a. i^Ulj wdsil). 
 
 AVhat is received. Head of revenue under 
 the nssil iumar jamnia derived from the annexa- 
 tion of territory, discovery of concealed sources 
 of rent from tlie lands, and resumption oi' Jag- 
 hires and undue alienations.
 
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 WUR^YEK 
 
 WASIL BAKY, 
 
 (a. ^J\i ^}J') ivdsil-bdki) 
 Rec;erptaiid balance. An account stating the 
 amount received and outstanding-. See Jumma 
 Wausil Baky. 
 
 WAZEAT, 
 
 (a. aA^\ wazi^at. 
 Abatement. Deductions which were allowed 
 in the account* of the Zemindars, &c. froiii the 
 collections under the general heads of Mok- 
 HARiJE and MUSCORAT, q. V. 
 
 WOJOOHAUT, 
 
 (a. isj^^y^-j wajiihdt, plur. of a. <5^j 
 
 wajhali). 
 
 V/age.--, salarieu, allowances. Extra collec- 
 lions for the maintenance of Zemindars. 
 
 ,^'^ i^jiy^^ wajiihdt-i-hhds-na- 
 
 VVOJUHAUT KIIASNOVEESY, 
 
 visi). 
 
 Fees or dues to the government writers, ori- 
 ginal Iv exacted on the renewal of a sunnud. 
 See W.ojooUAUT. 
 
 WOOLIAH, 
 
 Grants of land. 
 
 WOOLIUM MAUNIAM, 
 
 Personal service rent free lands. See Mau- 
 
 NIAM. 
 
 WOORIAR, 
 
 A certain tribe of Hindus. 
 
 WURTUCK, 
 
 Manufacturer who carries on his trade at 
 home. 
 
 Y. 
 
 YAFT KEDMAT, 
 
 (p. Lii-^jki >-^V. y'idft-i-hhidmat)i 
 
 Attainment of office or employment. Fees on 
 the grant of a zemindarry or other office. 
 
 YAIVANNAH, 
 
 (Perhaps s. 5f^^ yavana a Muham- 
 
 madan, or foreigner). 
 
 Tiie name of a certain fee in TinncveH/y. See 
 Appendix, p. 966. 
 
 YEKIB'HOGUM, 
 
 (s. (i,'^i;ji aika-hhogam, from s.^^ 
 
 ma oiie, and s. if[7f bhogam enjoy- 
 ment). 
 
 Applied to villages, mean* those in which 
 one i.iaividual holdc »lic entire undivided lauds 
 as his sole property. 
 
 YET— ZEM 
 
 YERWADDY, 
 
 YerzvadJy ryots are those who cultivate or 
 occupy land in a neighbouring village in which 
 they cio not reside. The same dspyacarries and 
 paracccdies. 
 
 YETMANNEE, 
 
 (Probably for a. ^^Uifc^ ihtimdmi, from 
 
 a. »'-*zJi\ ihtimdni diligence, care). 
 
 Land under the care or superintejideuce of a 
 Zemindar. See Eat imam. 
 
 z. 
 
 ZATEE, 
 
 (p. JU zdti). 
 
 Natural, personal. A jaghire is so distin- 
 guished when granted for the private use of the 
 grantee, or for life only. 
 
 ZEBT, 
 
 (a. k^ zabf). 
 Restraint, confiscation, sequestration. 
 
 ZEBTY, 
 
 (p. ^J^ zabti, from a. 1=-^ zabt). 
 
 Relating to restraint or confiscation ; what 
 has been confiscated. See Zebt. LanJs re- 
 sumed by JaJJier Khan which had been appro- 
 priated in Jag/lire. 
 
 ZEMEEN CHACKERAN, 
 
 (p. Jif^ ur*j zamin-i-clidkardn). 
 
 Land of servants. Lands allotted for the 
 maintenance of public servants of al! denomina- 
 tions, from the Zemindar dov/n to tiiose of the 
 village establishments. See Chackeran. 
 
 ZEMINDAR, 
 
 {^'J"^ij^j ^(loiin-ddr from p. ^^j zam/n 
 earth, land, and p. Jj ddr holder, 
 keeper ; one who has charge of the 
 thing expressed in the preceding noun, 
 the last word, in composition, serv- 
 ing to form personal nouns of othce 
 or employment ; as in numero^js ex- 
 amples to be found in this Giossarv). 
 
 LanU-holdcr, land-keeper. An otScf-r wlio, 
 under the Mitfiamiuadcn govcrnme!,t, was 
 charged with the sU|.>erintencVnce of the lands 
 of a district, financially considered, the protec- 
 tion of tiie cu'livators, and tlie realization of 
 the government's share of it-; prc.Iuce, citiicr 
 in money or kind : out of wlticli ho v, as allowed 
 a commission, amounting to about ten percent., 
 and, occasionally, a special grant of the go- 
 vernment's share of the produce of thelaijU of 
 a certain number of villages fcr his ruhsistcnce, 
 called N.M'N'JAR, q. v. 'J he appointrr.er.t was 
 occasiouaUy renewed: and as it was generally 
 continued in the same person, .so long as he 
 conducted hiiii-elf to the satii faction juf tiic rul- 
 ing power, and even continued to his heirs : so, 
 
 (N)
 
 50 
 
 GLOSSARY to Vtli Report (1812) /rom Select Committee, S^c. ^r. 
 
 ZER 
 
 in process of time, and t'lroiijjh the decay of 
 that power, and the contusion which ensued, he- 
 reditary riijlit (at best prescriptive) was claimed 
 and tacitly acknowletlged : till, at leiic;th, tlie 
 Zcniimhirs of Bcp^xal in particular, from being; 
 the more superintendents of the land, have 
 been declared the hereditary proprietors of the 
 soil, and the before fluctuating- dues of govern- 
 ment have, under a permanent settlement, been 
 unalterably fixed in perpetuity. See Katimam 
 and Eatimamdaii. 
 
 ZEMIN DA RAN, 
 
 (P 
 
 J) 
 
 zamuiddrdn, pi. of p. 
 
 J 
 
 iXL^^ 
 
 V 
 
 zamhiddr). 
 
 Zemindars. An article in the rent roll cnllod 
 fumrir jtimnui, consisting of fiefs in the nature 
 of conditioiral7'ag7/(V<i' ccjuferred on a few frontier 
 Zlmindaiis. 
 
 ZEIMINDARRY, 
 
 (p. tjTjLvi^tj zannmluri). 
 
 The office or jurisdiction of a Zemindar, 
 q.v. 
 
 ZER MATIIOTE, 
 
 (From p. jij ze'r under, and ii. c:-^£:^ 
 mutliut contribution). 
 Under the head malhote. An item of souhah- 
 (fnrny ubtrab, or cesses, established by ^V/rt/^ 
 Khan, consisting of four articles : 1st. Nuzzer 
 poonab, or presents exacted from Zemindars by 
 officers of the exchequer at the festival of tlie 
 annual settlement, properly called jmnT/aliah ; 
 or holyday, resumed by government. 2d, Bha^ 
 
 ZYR 
 
 Ihclnut, or price of robes bestowed at trie samr 
 time on considerable Zniiindars, as tokons of 
 investiture. 3A. P/is/ita hiindiy, Iveoping up the 
 ri\er banks in particular places. 4tli. Jhissnoni 
 ntzarut, or commission of 10 annas per nril. 
 exacted by tlic nazir j( mniadar, or i;ead peon, 
 on the treasine brouglit from tlie juofussil or 
 interior. It formerly existed, but was rendered 
 permanent by f^iijalt Klian. See Matiiote. 
 
 ZILLAII, 
 
 (a. »1j zUa~). 
 
 Side, part, district, division. A local division 
 of a country, having reference to personal juris- 
 diction. 
 
 ZOORTULLUB, 
 
 (p. t_-4i?jjj zor-talah, from p. j^j z6r 
 force, and a. u-J^ talab demand, re- 
 rjuisition. 
 A compulsory exaction. 
 ZUNGEER ZAMIN, 
 
 (p. ^J■^^ jr^j zanjir-zdmin). 
 
 Chain security. Several persons linked in 
 security for each other. 
 
 ZYMN, 
 
 (a. ^j.W zimn). 
 
 The interior of any thing, what is included or 
 contained ; contents. The inventory, schedule, 
 or described particulars accompanying a sunnud 
 or grant of land. 
 
 ZYR MATHOTE, 
 
 See Zer Matiiote.
 
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