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GLOSSARY 



arak, native liquor. 



badmash, rascal. 



bagh, tiger. 



bail, bullock. 



bandobast, plan, arrangement. 



chapatti, flat cakes of unleavened bread. 



chik, grass blind. 



chil, kite. 



chaprassi, messenger, orderly. 



charpai, rough bedstead. 



chuldari, small single fly tent. 



dandi, portable hammock. 



gussa wala, bad-tempered person. 



jhul, rug or coat for horse or dog. 



jonk, leech. 



kael, ibex. 



kart or tahr, wild goat. 



katti, rough iron knife. 



khansamah, cook. 



khatiya, bedstead. 



khidmatgar, table servant. 



khubber, news, information. 



khud, precipice. 



khud stick, alpenstock. 



khulgaur or kulga, bison. 



kotwal, village policeman. 



lambardar, village headman. 



lota, metal pot. 



machan, platform. 



munshi, teacher. 



mugger, crocodile. 



nilgai, blue bull. 



