Book Title: Indian Antiquary Vol 33
Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple
Publisher: Swati Publications

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________________ AUGUST, 1904.) SOME ANGLO-INDIAN TERMS. 205 NAIK. Fol. 25. The richer Sort more Especially those in Office, as Naiques (for soe y! Hindoo Governours are Entitled) ..... A Naique that lived neare Mylapore ..... where y! Countrey is Governed by y. Gentue Naiques. See Yule, «. v. Naik, in its sense of a nobleman. NARSAPORE Fol. 37. and therg [the ffrench) Bent 4 or 5 men On Shore for Spies to Narsapore, who were very Suddenly Surprized in y! English ffactory where y! Moors cut off theire heads Vpon y! doore thrashold (May 1672]. Fol. 46. Narsapore : Is yo lowest [most Northerly) towne of any V pon this Coast, it lieth Some 40 : or 45 miles below [i. e. to the North of] Metchlipatam, haveinge the benefit of an Excellent Riuer, wo addeth much to the benefit of the place, and is called Narsapore river. Not in Yule. [An important Factory in the early days of the European trade. See ante, Vol. III. p. 354 f.] NEGAPATAM. Fol. 142. y: Southermost parts of y: Choromandell Coast : Viz! ... Negapatam. See Yule, 3. t. Negapatam. NIPA. Fol. 40. another Sort there is yg distilled from Neep toddy and y! is commonly called Nipa de Goa. See Yule, ... Nipa. [The tbatching palm of the estuaries East of the Hugli River, and the liquor distilled from it. It is now known as the Dhani (Dhunnie) palm.] OMRAH. Fol. 25. and condescendinge Obedience to y! Mogol and his Omrahs. Fol. 62. Aurege-Zebe y Emperor's 3rd Son haveinge yo best ffriends att Court namely of y! Omrahs and Emperoors Councell. Fol. 67. he kept him at his owne Court, made him one of his Chiefest Omrahs and associates. See Yale, ., v. Omrah, [It is the plural umard of amir (ameer, emir), and signifies a high official, a court grandee.] OORIYA. Fol. 59. These inhabitants of Orixa) are called Ourias, and be a very poore Idolatrous people. Fol. 85. y! Safferers y! Jgnorant Gentues and Orizas.... of all Jdolaters in India y Orisas are most ignorant. Fol. 86. mach frequented wh wilde beasts, viz! Tygers: Bears: Rhinocerots : &c : woh alsoe dreadeth y! poore Orixas ..... Cowries (all y moneys knowne to y! ignorant Ourias)... The Ourias are a Very Strange Sort of Phisicians to theire Sick people. Fol. 87. and thus all y! Ouria Sicke folke are served ... the Orixas bury not theire dead, nor burne them as yo Gentzes doe, bat hoave them naked into y: Rivers. See Yule, 8.0. Ooriya, who however gives no quotations. [An inhabitant of Orissa.] ΟΡΙΟΥ. Fol. 61. This Kingdome [Bengala] most plentifally doth abound with . . Opium (the best in Jndia). Fol. 77. In Exchange for..Opium. .

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