Hikayat Perintah Negeri Benggala

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	MCP text
PNB 56:3	`adalat		Urdu:  `adālat, here:  ‘court of justice’
PNB 122:21	ana		[1/16 rupee]
PNB 84:13	Ardali		Urdu:  ardalī, ‘orderly’
PNB 106:36	Ardili		Urdu:  ardalī, ‘orderly’
PNB 46:29	Armani		= Armenian
PNB 42:29	asa badar		Urdu:  asi-bardār, ‘sword bearer’
PNB 58:12	Awadi		Urdu:  awadhi, ‘from Oudh’
PNB 98:26	Baddinat		Budināth Roy
PNB 120:37	Badi		barā, ‘great’
PNB 44:31	Badi Bajar		Barā  bāzār
PNB 92:38	Badi Bajar		Barā  Bāzār
PNB 108:5	Badi Sahib		? Urdu:  barā  sāhib, ‘great man’
PNB 120:26	bajera		Urdu:  bajrā, ‘barge’
PNB 42:30	bala bardar		Urdu:  bhālā-bardār, 'spear bearer
PNB 114:23	banam		Urdu:  bānā, Tamil:  bānam, ‘fireworks’
PNB 114:13	bandil		Kedah dialect hypercorrect:  bandi
PNB 74:39	banggi		Urdu:  bhāngī, ‘of cannabis’
PNB 78:29	bangku		Urdu:  bānk, ‘dagger’
PNB 140:30	Barpur		Bhāratpūr
PNB 80:12	Barut Khana		Urdu:  bārūt-khāana, ‘gunpowder store’
PNB 60:21	batiar		Urdu:  bhathiyār, ‘tavern keeper’
PNB 130:9	Batiar Khana		Urdu:  bhathiyār-khānah, ‘low tavern’
PNB 44:21	berdengun		Kedah dialect = berdengung
PNB 40:23	berkandas		Urdu:  barqandāz, ‘armed policeman’
PNB 126:11	bibi		Urdu:  bībī, ‘lady’
PNB 78:29	bicua		Urdu:  bichwā, ‘small curved dagger’
PNB 74:18	bisti		Urdu:  bhīstī, ‘water carrier’
PNB 52:25	Botol Khana		Urdu:  baithak-khāna, ‘meeting place’
PNB 140:19	Cadgam		Urdu:  catagām, ‘four villages’
PNB 88:19	camar		Urdu:  camār, ‘leather worker’
PNB 100:30	Cani Nagar		Urdu:  Candra Nagar, ‘Chandernagore’
PNB 56:17	carkhana		Urdu:  cārkhāna, ‘chequered muslin’
PNB 40:24	caukidar		Urdu also:  caukidar, ‘watchman’
PNB 128:33	Cauku		Urdu:  cawk, ‘market’
PNB 138:21	cengking		? cengkering
PNB 118:27	Cicuda		Cuncūda, ‘Chinsura’
PNB 46:32	Cina Bajar		China Bazar
PNB 42:30	cupadar		Urdu:  coýb-dār, ‘silver staff bearer’
PNB 114:3	Dabdabi		Dhābdhābī
PNB 68:29	Dakka		‘a seaman’
PNB 128:8	Dali		Bat Syah Dali;  Urdu:  pādishāh, ‘emperor’
PNB 50:4	Daramtali		Dharmatala
PNB 50:14	Daramtali		Dharmatala
PNB 90:13	Daramtalo		Dharmatala
PNB 88:16	darma		Urdu:  darmā, ‘woven mat’
PNB 68:28	dipinasakan		dibinasakan
PNB 56:17	doria		Urdu:  doýriyā, ‘muslin with stripes’
PNB 32:2	Gaji Sab		Ghāzī  Sahéb
PNB 106:39	Ganja		Urdu:  ganj, '[grain] market'
PNB 118:24	gatat		? Sanskrit;  ghātaka, 'singer of the Purānas
PNB 38:9	gaz		[about a metre]
PNB 80:28	gebala		Kedah dialect:  gembala
PNB 70:8	gemira		Kedah dialect:  gembira
PNB 98:20	Gireti		Urdu:  Gaur-hattī
PNB 90:5	goalin		Urdu:  goālā, ‘cowherd, a caste designation’
PNB 124:29	gurik		? Urdu:  gaurī, ‘rum’
PNB 58:27	hajeri		Anlgo-Indian:  hazri, ‘breakfast’
PNB 114:18	Handuman		hypercorrect:  Hanuman
PNB 28:30	harkati		h.r.k.a.t.y, ? from Arabic:  h.r.k.h, ‘movement’
PNB 54:16	hat		Urdu:  hāt, ‘market’
PNB 108:10	Hat		Urdu:  Bībī  hāt, ‘women's market’
PNB 42:29	huka bardar		huqqa-bardār, ‘hookah bearer’
PNB 150:9	Idelir		Dutch:  Edeleer, ‘honourable sir’
PNB 142:11	Injaman	Indiaman
PNB 56:17	jamdani	Urdu:  jāmdānī, ‘figured muslin’
PNB 114:38	Jatera	yātrā, ‘journey’
PNB 70:16	jerji	English:   judge
PNB 34:18	kajuri	Urdu:  khajūr, khajūriā, ‘wild date’
PNB 46:7	kalai	Urdu:  qala`i, ‘tin plate’
PNB 54:9	kalapula	? Urdu:  kalla-phūlā, ‘puffed-out head’
PNB 146:40	kamar	q.m.r, ? Arabic:  khamr, ‘liquor’
PNB 70:1	kamsil	English:  council
PNB 42:31	kansama	Urdu:  khānsāman, ‘butler’
PNB 58:28	kansama	Urdu:  khānsāman, ‘butler’
PNB 110:31	kasai	Urdu:  qasāī, ‘butcher’
PNB 40:3	kasamah	Urdu:  khānsāman, ‘butler’
PNB 126:11	kasbi	Urdu:  kasbī, ‘prostitute’
PNB 146:32	kateri	English:  country
PNB 148:20	kateri	English:  country
PNB 58:11	Kayit	Urdu:  kāyath, ‘the writer caste’
PNB 38:36	kemetan	komandan
PNB 42:31	kesmadar	Urdu:  khidmatgār, ‘servant’
PNB 58:28	kesmadar	Urdu:  khidmatgār, ‘servant’
PNB 124:25	kesmadar	Urdu:  khidmatgār, ‘servant’
PNB 28:3	keti	k.a.t.y
PNB 38:26	keti	as:   kati
PNB 56:34	keti	as:   kati
PNB 78:17	keti	as:   kati
PNB 80:20, 80:21, 80:36	keti	as:   kati
PNB 82:1	keti	as:   kati
PNB 118:12	keti	as:   kati
PNB 118:21	keti	as:   kati
PNB 110:7	khayal[l]ah	as:   kayal[l]ah
PNB 74:13	kodi	Urdu:  kauri, ‘cowrie’, 320 = 1 anna
PNB 62:30	kodza	khoja
PNB 62:40	kodza	khoja
PNB 62:40	kodza	khoja
PNB 64:3	kodza	khoja
PNB 64:4	kodza	khoja
PNB 66:18	kodza	khoja
PNB 66:22	kodza	khoja
PNB 66:31	kodza	khoja
PNB 66:32	kodza	khoja
PNB 66:36	kodza	khoja
PNB 72:17	kodza	khoja
PNB 32:15	kos	[about 2 miles]
PNB 78:24	kucmin	English:  ‘coachman’
PNB 88:17	kudal	Kedah dialect backformation:  kudai
PNB 94:10	Kula	Urdu:  hāt, ‘market’, khulā, ‘public’
PNB 64:19	kulana	kelana
PNB 32:19	Kulpi	or:  Kalpi
PNB 122:25	kurik	? kuri, ‘water vessel’
PNB 54:2	lakka	Urdu:  laqā, ‘fantail pigeon’
PNB 46:15	lincin	Kedah dialect:  licin
PNB 54:13	lotan	Udru:  loýtan, ‘ground tumbler’
PNB 56:8	Macua Bajar	from Urdu:  machwā, ‘fishmonger’
PNB 52:28	maida	Urdu:  maida(h), ‘fine flour’
PNB 96:14	malik	Urdu:  mālī, ‘garderner’
PNB 122:20	man	[about 80 pounds, 33 kg]
PNB 48:13	mangga	? Urdu:  mankā, ‘bead’
PNB 88:4	mangga	m.ng.k.a
PNB 114:34	matab	Urdu:  mahtāb, ‘a kind of fireworks’
PNB 130:25	matabi	Urdu:  mahtābī, ‘brocade’
PNB 80:28	mautin	from Urdu:  mahaut, ‘elephant driver’
PNB 38:14	melawati	i.e.  baluarti
PNB 146:31	menewar	m.n.w.a.r
PNB 88:32	menyapai	mencapai
PNB 110:31	menyemelih	Kedah dialect:  menyembelih
PNB 44:19	métar	Urdu:  mehtar, term for those in outcaste professions
PNB 52:36	metawi	Urdu:  mithāī, ‘a sweet’
PNB 64:27	mia	Urdu:  miyān, ‘master, sir’
PNB 82:29	mohan mala	Urdu:  mohan mālā, ‘necklace of golden beads interspersed with corals, pearls etc.’
PNB 144:16	Moris	Mauritius
PNB 58:21	mukena	Urdu:  miqna`, ‘veil of muslin’
PNB 54:4	mukki	Urdu:  mukkhī, ‘pouter pigeon’
PNB 150:20	Musa	? Monsieur
PNB 48:18	nada	Urdu:  nārā, ‘tape’
PNB 88:18	naica	Urdu:  naica, ‘snake, tube of hookah’
PNB 46:24	Namasli	n.m.s.l.y
PNB 122:32	nati	Urdu:  natthī, ‘string’
PNB 140:19	Nijam	Nizam
PNB 84:14	palatan	Urdu:  paltan, English:  platoon
PNB 48:7	palki	Urdu:  pālkī, ‘litter, sedan’
PNB 116:6	pasmé	Dutch:  passement, ‘trimming’
PNB 78:29	pata	Urdu:  patā, ‘long double-edged sword’
PNB 142:12	peregét	frigate
PNB 148:10	petului	p.t.w.l.w.y, ? patulé, ‘clan’
PNB 126:33	Pujari	Urdu pujārī, ‘temple priest’
PNB 80:40	Rajput	as:   Rajiput
PNB 72:33	Rasta	Urdu:  rāstā, ‘road’
PNB 38:26	Rasyipitarana	? Rajputana
PNB 26:8	Robart Eskat	Robert Scott
PNB 30:1	Sagar	Saugor Island
PNB 120:26	sambuk	Arabic:  sunbuk, ‘barge, skiff’
PNB 98:3	sangki	Kedah dialect:  sangkil
PNB 74:38	sarkal	Urdu:  sarkār, ‘head of affairs’
PNB 82:40	Sérampur	Serampore
PNB 26:15	Seri Bedola	Sirāj al-Daulah
PNB 112:22	Sip Tal	Sib Tolā
PNB 54:7	siraju	Urdu:  shīrāzī, ‘pigeons with coloured plumage’
PNB 38:23	sojar	English:  soldier
PNB 48:26	sola	Urdu:  solā
PNB 78:24	subar	Urdu:  suwār, ‘cavalryman’
PNB 114:21	Subirat	i.e.  Syaaban, referring to Shab-e-Barāt festival on 14 Syaaban
PNB 42:29	suta bardar	Urdu:  sonta-bardār, ‘staff bearer’
PNB 56:21	takai	Kedah dialect:  takal
PNB 114:12	Takur	Urdu:  thākur, ‘a god’
PNB 36:32	Tamlun Kari	Tamluk
PNB 40:18	tana	Urdu:  thānā, ‘police station’
PNB 92:35	ta`sir	for:  taqsīr, ‘negligent’
PNB 88:24	télin	Urdu:  telī, ‘oil grinder’
PNB 78:24	turub	English:  troop
PNB 46:17	yanca	Hokkien:  yan chiah, ‘smoking’