Blunt, Edward : The caste system of northern India: with special reference to the united provinces of Agra and Oudh (London, 1931)

GLOSSARY OF VERNACULAR TERMS

Beta

Son

B hai

Brother

Bhaibdnd

See Biradari

B haiya

See Bhai (diminutive)

B hakti

Devotion

Bhakti-mar ga

Vaishnava doctrine of personal de
tion

Bhauji

Brother’s wife

B hit

Conservatory, where betel is grown

BJmt

Ghosts

Bir

A Hindu hero

Biradari or bhaiband

Brotherhood

Bithlai

See Rakhni

Brahma

Prayer

Brahma

The universal spirit

B rahmana

Commentary to the Vedas

Brit

Caste dues

Burna

Ghost of a person drowned

Byah

Marriag-e

Byaha, Byahi (fem.)

Married

Chacha, Chachi (fem.)

Chachera

Chakrayat

Chandala

Charhawa

Charidar

Charpir

C-hatai

Chauka

Chela

Chhota bhaiya
Chobdar

Chulha

Chupatti

Father’s brother or sister
Descended through the paternal uncle
Derivation uncertain. (Query, servant?)

A caste official
Outcaste tribe (Puranic)

Form of marriag'e
Lit. ‘wand-bearer’. A caste official
Four pirs, or Muslim saints
Lit. ‘matting-’. Jurisdiction of a caste
council

Cooking- place
Disciple or spiritual heir
Lit. ‘little brother’. A caste official
Lit. ‘mace-bearer’. Term for caste offi-
cial

Fire-place, oven
Griddle cake

Dada, dadi (fem.) Father’s father or mother

Daiva Form of Hindu marriage (obsolete)

Darogha Lit. ‘superintendent’. A caste official