GLOSSARY OF INDIAN TERMS.
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| Hanuman | Hanumán | The deified monkey who was the ally of Rama. |
| Harem | Haram | Sacred, prohibited, the inner or women's apartmenta |
| Hati | Háthí | An elephant. |
| Havildar | Hawáldár | A native sergeant. |
| Hazree | Házirí | Breakfast, presence. |
| Hejira | Hijrí | Flight; the flight of Mohammed from Mecca, 16th of July, A. D. 622; the Mohammedan era. |
| Hera | Hírá | A diamond. |
| Hookah | Huqqa | A smoking-pipe. |
| Hoolee | Holí | A Hindoo festival to commemorate the beginning of the new year. |
| Hoondes | Hundí | A native bank-note ; a bill of exchange. |
| Howdah | Hauda | A box-seat on an elephant's back; an elephant's saddle. |
| Huck | Haqq | Equity, truth, reason. |
| Hurkaru | Harkára | A messenger, a running courier. |
| Hurrumzadu | Haramzáda | A rascal, a bastard. |
| Huzar | Hazár | A thousand. |
| Huzoor | Huzúr | Royal presence; “Your Honor.” |
| Huzrat | Hazrat | Excellency, majesty, divine; a title accorded to superiors. |
| Huzrat Isa | Hazrat ’Isá | Jesus Christ. |
| Indra | Indrá | The God of Light. The leading ancient Vedic deity, sometimes called the God of Heaven, but now occupying only an inferior position. |
| Islam | Islám | The Mohammedan religion. |
| Istan | Istán or Sthán | A termination, signifying place or country, as Affghanistan that of the Affghans. |
| Izzut | Izzat | Honor, respect. |
| Jagheer | Jágír | A State or landed estate assigned by Government as a reward. |
| Jaghiredar | Jágírdár | A person holding a jagheer. |
| Jehan | Jahán | The world. |
| Jahaz | Jaház | A ship. |
| Jain | Jain | A kind of degenerate Buddhists. |
| Jat | Ját | A caste or sect; a tribe among the Rajpoots. |
| Jeel | Jhíl | A shallow lake or pond. |
| Jemmadar | Jamadár | A native subaltern officer; head-man of a village or class. |
| Jinn | Jinn | According to the Mohammedans, an intermediate race between angels and men. |
| Jotee | Jútí | A shoe or slipper. |
| Jowar | Joár | A kind of millet. |
| Juggernauth | Jaganáth | The Lord of the World. A god of the Hindoos, whose temple is at Orissa. |
| Juldee | Jaldí | Quick! quickly! |
| Jumma Musjid | Jama Masjid | Chief mosque at Delhi. The largest place of Mohammedan worship in India. |
| Jammaut | Jamáat | Assembly, meeting, congregation. |
