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THE LAND OF THE VEDA.
| Taj | Táj | A crown. |
| Talook | Táaluq | A State or Barony, usually larger than a Zemeendaree. |
| Talookdar | Táaluqdár | A land-holder, a baron. |
| Tattee | Tattí | A mat made of cus-cus grass, kept wet, and suspended before a window to cool the room. |
| Tattoo | Tattú | A pony. |
| Thakoor | Thákúr | Idol, lord, baron. |
| Thanna | Thána | A police station. |
| Terai | Taráí | A swamp, marsh, or miasmatic region. |
| Thannadar | Thánadár | A police officer or constable. |
| Thug | Thag | A professional murderer and devotee of the goddess Kali. |
| Tola | Tolá | One hundred and eighty grains Troy weight. |
| Tonjon | Tonjon | A chair with a hood. |
| Tope | Tōp | A clump of trees; a cannon. |
| Treta Yug | Tret Jug | The second age of the world; the silver age. |
| Tukht | Takht | Chair, throne, seat. |
| Tulwar | Talwár | A native sword. |
| Tussuldar | Tahsíldár | A collector of revenue. |
| Upanishads | Upanishads | Expository supplements to the Vedas. |
| Vaishnavas | Vaishnavas | The worshipers of Vishnu. |
| Vaisya | Vaisya | The third or agricultural caste of the Hindoos. |
| Vakeel | Vakíl | An envoy, prime agent. |
| Vedas | Bed | From Ved, learning, the most ancient sacred books of the Hindoos, of which there are four; the Rig-Veda, the Yajur-Veda, the Sama-Veda, and the Atharva-Veda. |
| Vedanta | Vedánt | A system of pantheistical philosophy founded on scattered texts of the Vedas. |
| Vishnu | Vishnu | The Preserver; the second member of the Hindoo Triad or Trimurti. |
| Vizier | Wazír | The chief minister in a Mohammedan sovereignty. |
| Wah Wah | Wáh Wah | Admirable! well-done! bravo! |
| Wilaet | Wiláyat | Country, region, abroad, foreign. |
| Wufadar | Wafadar | Faithful. |
| Yogee | Jogí | A silent saint |
| Yug | Jug | An age of the world |
| Zeen | Zín | A saddle. |
| Zemeendar | Zamíndár | Land-holder; collector of revenue of a district. |
| Zemeendaree | Zamíndárí | A province. |
| Zenana | Zanána | From Zun, a woman, the inner apartments in India. |
| Zillah | Zila | An extensive district. |
