Pet Birds of Bengal/Glossary

GLOSSARY
Biri Indigenous cigarettes
Bunds Embankments between two plots of cultivated land marking their boundary
Chenna Gram
Ekka A two-wheeled horse-driven gig
Ghee Clarified butter
Jheels Large water-sheets, natural or artificial
Jhora A hill-stream running through a gorge
Khuskhus A kind of sweetly-scented grass
Kunkur Gravel for metalling roads
Lal-pugree Lit., red turban; policeman, so-called from the head-gear
Lepche A hill-tribe of Sikkim
Pan Betel
Purdah Screen
Rahar A kind of cereal
Satoo Flour of gram
Svayambara Ancient Indian ceremony of selecting bridegroom by the bride