Other Words
The list of words below have made there way here as they do not fall into any of the other categories.
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| Acriflavine: | |
| An antiseptic. | |
| Arms-kote: | |
| Armory or secure storage room for weapons etc. | |
| Arrak: | |
| Local drink (Alcohol). | |
| Attah: | |
| Cooking dough. | |
| Baghs: | |
| Orchards. | |
| Baleful dirge: | |
| Alcoholic drink made from fermented sap of a palm tree. | |
| Bashas: | |
| Bamboo hut. | |
| Bawarchi: | |
| Indian cook employed by the British army. | |
| Betel nut: | |
| Troops in India noticed the blackened teeth of the native people. The reason for this was the chewing of the Betel nut leaf. Used as a stimulant and to treat minor illnesses | |
| Bhisti: | |
| An Indian water carrier employed by the British army. | |
| Bhutti: | |
| A lamp. | |
| Blanco: | |
| A dye, compound used by British army. Blanco came in various colours, the most common being shades of khaki, and olive green. | |
| Cadre: | |
| Training - Cadre (French; pronounced 'ka drei') cadre is a military expression for a group around whom a unit is formed, or a training staff. | |
| Charpoy: | |
| A bed, frame strung with tapes or rope to form its base. | |
| Chaung: | |
| Burmese for watercourse or small river, can be as narrow as a ditch, or wide enough to handle small craft, during the monsoon period can be lethal to forge. | |
| Chikors: | |
| Hill partridges. | |
| Chinthes: | |
| Mythological animals, mostly lion, standing at the entrances to most Burmese temples and kyaungs. | |
| Dhobi wallah: | |
| Indian worker who did the washing. | |
| Dhotis: | |
| Rectangular one-piece cloth wrapped about the waist and legs. | |
| Dushman: | |
| Indian for Enemy. | |
| Gharrie: | |
| A two wheeled cart. | |
| Hara-kiri: | |
| Japanese ritual suicide. | |
| Jiffs: | |
| Japanese-Indian Fighting Forces or Japanese-Inspired Fifth-Columnists. | |
| Lantana: | |
| A thick scrub that resembles raspberry bushes. Impossible to advance through without cutting, but offers good concealment from a defenders point of view. | |
| Machan: | |
| A platform. | |
| Mahseer: | |
| Indian salmon. | |
| Muleable: | |
| A track or jungle terrain that mules are able to negotiate. | |
| Naik: | |
| Indian for corporal. | |
| Pi dogs: | |
| Wild dogs. | |
| Pongyi kyaung: | |
| Holy place. | |
| Pongyis: | |
| Burmese monks. | |
| Rakshi: | |
| Rum. | |
| Redoubts: | |
| System of strongly fortified defensive emplacements. | |
| Roti: | |
| Bread. From the Hindustani word roti. | |
| Rooti Gong: | |
| Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. | |
| Sahib: | |
| Indian for Sir. | |
| Sangars: | |
| Low walls. | |
| Shabashe: | |
| Well done (Indian). | |
| Shikaree wallah: | |
| Hunter. | |
| Surra: | |
| Primarily a disease of the horse but it can affect a wide range of vertebrate animals, causing wasting. | |
| Squares: | |
| Grids on a map. | |
| Urdu: | |
| Common dialect of the Indian Army. | |
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