This page gathers the 680 dictionary entries of which at least one sense is labelled “India” by Wiktionary. The definition shown is that sense; each word leads to its full entry. Page 4 of 7: from “horn” to “mobile”.
- horn verb To sound the horn of a motor vehicle; to honk.
- hubba noun A grain.
- idli podi noun An Indian spice mixture usually comprising dried chilis, black gram dhal, chickpea, and sesame seeds.
- IITian noun A student and alum of one of the Indian Institutes of Technology.
- imambarra noun A building maintained by Shi'a communities in India for the express purpose of celebrating Muharram.
- imarti noun An Indian dessert made by deep-frying urad flour batter in a kind of pretzel which is then soaked in sugar syrup.
- in state adj Existing or occurring within a single state.
- incharge noun The person who is in charge of something; an employee with responsibility for a department of a company; a manager, supervisor.
- indent verb To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores.
- interval noun An intermission.
- intimate verb To notify.
- into prep Expressing the operation of multiplication.
- is it intj really? is that so?
- IT cell noun a department of a political party set up to promote the party and influence political discussion on social media
- item noun Ellipsis of item girl.
- item number noun An upbeat musical number within a film, accompanied by a provocative dance sequence performed by attractive women, or "item girls".
- jack noun A sepoy.
- jaffry noun A screen or latticework, generally of bamboo, used for various purposes, such as a fence or a support for climbing plants.
- jagir noun An assignment of the produce and income of a particular district or village to a person or persons, as an annuity
- jajmani noun An economic system in which lower castes performed various functions for upper castes and received grain or other goods in return.
- jampan noun Synonym of dandy or tonjon, a kind of open sedan chair, particularly one with its main pole suspended from smaller poles borne on the…
- jaun noun Synonym of litter, particularly those of the upper middle class in 18th-, 19th-, and early 20th-century Kolkata.
- jawab noun An answer, especially a dismissal, or a woman's rejection of a marriage proposal.
- jelly noun Vitrified brick refuse used as metal in building roads.
- jheel noun A pond, marsh, lake or similar wetland area, usually with significant vegetation providing shelter and/or food to a variety of aquatic and…
- jhumming noun The practice of cutting down and burning the vegetation from an area of forest in order to create farmable land.
- jingal noun A type of gun, usually a light piece mounted on a swivel, sometimes taking the form of a heavy musket fired from a rest.
- joint family noun A household consisting of two or more closely-related nuclear families, such as two or more brothers along with their wives and children…
- jow verb Go away; begone.
- jugaadu noun A person who finds quick, clever, or low-cost solutions to problems using limited resources; a life-hacker or resourceful fixer.
- jumbo noun An elephant.
- jungle noun Any uncultivated tract of forest or scrub habitat.
- juwaub noun A formal refusal.
- kadam noun A tropical evergreen tree, Neolamarckia cadamba (syn. Anthocephalus indicus, Nauclea cadamba), native to South and Southeast Asia.
- kalgi noun A black heron feather that is worn on a turban as a symbol of nobility.
- kang verb To appropriate the history of another ethnicity or country, in particular an empire or a civilization.
- karsevak noun A person who freely offers their service to a religious cause; particularly in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism.
- kati roll noun A street-food dish from Kolkata, originally a skewer-roasted kebab wrapped in a paratha, but now more generally any filled roti.
- kebab noun A dish made from shaped minced meat, usually grilled on a skewer but sometimes formed into a patty and fried.
- keyman noun A workman who checks a railway track for faults, and who carries a keying hammer.
- khabri noun police informer
- Khalistani adj Related to Khalistan, a name for the Punjab region of northern India.
- khaman noun An Indian food, visually similar to cake and compositionally similar to dhokla, made from a batter of gram flour (from chickpeas), cooked…
- khanda noun A double-edged sword from India, used ceremonially in Sikhism.
- kharita noun A silk bag enclosing a letter to or from a native noble.
- khasra noun A plot of land.
- khoa noun A kind of concrete, of broken brick, lime, etc., used for floors and terrace roofs.
- kindergarten noun An educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6; nursery school.
- kist noun An individual installment of the yearly land revenue.
- kite fighting noun A kite-flying contest, where the kites' strings are coated with an abrasive substance intended to cut an opponent's string.
- knowledgeable noun A person who has knowledge; an informed party.
- kokama noun A mangosteen.
- korma noun A curry of meat slowly braised with ghee.
- kothi noun A bungalow.
- kritrima noun Artificially produced incense.
- kumari noun a polite form of address equivalent to the English Miss
- lalla noun A native clerk who writes the vernacular.
- lappa noun A cross-batted swipe.
- lathi noun A heavy stick or club, usually used by policemen.
- latrine noun Any facility or device used for urination or defecation, whether toilet, lavatory, or outhouse.
- lemonade noun A flavored beverage consisting of water, lemon, and sweetener, sometimes ice, served mainly as a refreshment. (In the UK and Ireland…
- librandu noun A liberal, a leftist.
- lift noun A mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building.
- loo noun A hot dust-bearing wind found in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and the Punjab.
- lorry noun A large and heavy motor vehicle designed to carry goods or soldiers; a truck
- lumberdar noun The registered representative of a coparcenary community, who is responsible for government revenue.
- m noun Initialism of Muslim; mostly used by Hindutva netizens primarily towards Islamist supporters and Muslim militants.
- ma bap noun A person regarded as having a somewhat parental role toward their dependents; a benevolent overseer.
- madam noun A hated or contemptuous woman; used as a general term of abuse
- Maggi noun Any type of instant noodles.
- mahal noun A summerhouse.
- mahurat noun A time or moment considered lucky for beginning some project; an inauguration, now especially the start of a film production.
- maika noun A woman's maternal village: the place where she grew up, especially as contrasted with her new home after marriage.
- mail noun An email message.
- maistry noun A foreman.
- make a move verb To depart from a place; to set off.
- malafide adj In bad faith.
- malaun noun a Hindu person in general.
- mali noun A member of a caste in South Asia whose traditional occupation is gardening; hence, any South Asian gardener.
- Mallu noun A person from the Indian state of Kerala, especially one who speaks Malayalam or is ethnically Malayali.
- malum noun The mate serving on a ship with English officers and native crew.
- mandapa noun A pillared hall or porch fronting a Hindu temple. It may be attached or detached from the building.
- manji noun A captain or skipper of a boat.
- marah noun A gratuity in the form of deductions from the gross produce of cultivated lands, granted to a mirasidar.
- mardana noun A part of a train reserved for men.
- mata noun A respectful title for a female spiritual leader or for a wife, mother, or grandmother of a male spiritual leader.
- matka noun An earthenware pot.
- matrimonial noun A classified advertisement describing a person who wishes to find a marriage partner.
- maulana noun A Muslim person in general, especially an extreme conservative.
- meeana noun A palanquin with open sides.
- meetha paan noun A preparation of betel leaf enclosed with a mix of sweet and usually spicy or savory ingredients, much like paan but without the tobacco…
- mehtar noun A ruler in certain princely states of the Northwest Frontier region.
- mem noun Alternative form of ma'am.
- mental noun A mentally challenged person.
- mercall noun A grain measure in use in the Madras Presidency, varying in different localities, but typically 12 sers; fixed since 1846 at 800 cubic…
- mess noun a type of restaurant characterized by homely-style cooking and food.
- mihaffa noun Various forms of covered animal-borne litters, chiefly for female passengers.
- minority noun A Muslim.
- mixture noun A mix of different dry foods as a snack, especially chevda or Bombay mix.
- mobile noun Ellipsis of mobile phone.