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India is a land of great diversity.
Kerala is about as different from Tamil Nadu as France is from Britain.
Yet, we move on, in part thanks to the English language.
Over several decades, the language has acquired a unique flavour of its own in the country.
People like to call it "Indian English"; sometimes proudly and sometimes derisively.
Indian English is of course not truly a different language.
And, surely there is absolutely no need create a separate standard for it.
Yet, one often finds that an Oxford or Webster's dictionary is inadequate or incorrect when dealing with certain words or phrases that have changed on the Indian soil.
The Dictionary of Indian English (DIE) hopes to provide a ready reference for such words and phrases.
However, this dictionary does not contain English words that have Indian origins but are now part of standard English.
Visitors, particularly native English speakers, are encouraged to send me Indian English words and phrases that they have encountered.
Having lived all my life in India, I cannot always correctly differentiate Indian English from standard English.
Also, I am only familiar with Tamil and Malayalam.
Indian visitors with are invited to check the correctness and the completeness of the meanings provided here.
Native speakers of other Indian languages such as Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Marathi, and Urdu can contribute with their knowledge.
All help will be appreciated and acknowledged.
Send a mail or contact me on my mobile (+91 9916493095).
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GLOSSARY
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A
aam aadmi
ABCD
accused
adalat
agarbatti
Agmark
ahimsa
air-dash
Akbar Road
Akhand Bharat
almirah
aloo
alright
amma
Angrezi
anicut
anna
arranged marriage
ashirvad
ashram
asli
atta
auto
avatar
Aya Ram
ayah
B
Baapu
Baba
babu
babu English
babudom
backbencher
background
backside
badla
badshah
bahu
bakra
bandh
bandobust
banian
bank holiday
Basmati
bata
batchmate
behen
benami
berth
beta
bhadralok
bhagwan
bhai
bhajan
bhaji
bhakti
bidi
bike
bisleri
bits
blade
board exams
bold
Bollywood
Bombaiyya
bonnet
borewell
brinjal
British Raj
broadminded
brokers excuse
Bullet
bungalow
bunk
bureau
bustee
bypoll
C
capitation fees
capsicum
car park
carrying
casteism
casual leave
cent percent
Central government
chaddar
chai
chakra
challan
chalo
chalta hai
chamcha
Chanakya
chappals
chaprasi
chargesheet
charpoy
chats
checkpost
Chennai
cheri
Chief Secretary
Chiranjeevi
chit
chor
chota
chowk
chowkidar
chuddies
chulha
churidar
cinema
City of Joy
clean chit
co-brother
coir
Collector
colony
coming station
commercial workers
communal party
convent English
convent-educated
cool bar
corporator
correct English
country fellow
countrymade
cousin-brother
creche
crore
culturals
cum
curd rice
custodial deaths
cutting chai
D
dabba
dacoit
dahi
dakshin
dal
dandia
dar
dargah
darshan
dasi
deadly
Dearness Allowance
deewana
Delhi Belly
departmental store
deposes
desi
devdas
devi
dhan
dhania
dharma
dharna
dhikkar
dhoti
dias
dickey
dil
disproportionate assets
dissidents
divas
Diwali
domesticated person
doosra
dost
dowry death
drumstick
dry grapes
duniya
dupatta
durbar
E
elaichi
electric trains
Emergency
encounter
English-medium
enjoy
enthu
evacuation
Eve
eveninger
eversilver
eve-teasing
extern
eyewash
F
fair
family-planning operation
fancy store
feminists
feni
fidayeen
film
filter coffee
firang
firing
fishcart
fisherfolk
foot overbridge
foreign hand
foreign-returned
forex reserves
French beard
functionalities
fundas
G
gaddar
gaddi
Gandhian
gangman
ganja
garam
garbha
Gaya Ram
gharwali
ghat
ghee
gherao
gives the slip to
glass bangles
gobar gas
God’s own country
godman
godown
good name
goonda
gora
Government of India Undertaking
grease
Great Indian Comedy
green signal
greens
Gujju
gumastha
gumboots
gunny bags
gur
gurka
guru
gutka
guyzer
gyan
gymkhana
H
hafta
hair fall
half ticket
hall ticket
hamara
handwash
hard
Harijans
havaldar
hawala
hawaldar
head bath
headweight
healthy
heat and dust
heights of
high command
hijra
hillstation
Himalayan blunder
Hindi belt
Hindu rate of growth
Hinduism
Hindus
Hindustan
Hindustani
Hindutva
Hinglish
history sheeter
Holi
homely
hooch
horn OK please
hotel
hukka
hundi
hungama
I
Iftar
immoral traffic
imported Basanti
indefinite fast
Indian Acronyms and Abbreviations
Indian-Made Foreign Liquor
indipop
inmates
innocent divorcee
interaction
intimate
invigilator
iron box
item number
J
jaggery
japti
jati
jaundice
jawan
jeevan
jehadis
jhatka matka
ji
jibbah
johad
jollu party
josh
K
kabab
kaccha
kajal
kala mirch
kameez
kanjoos
kapda
karela
karma
karyakartas
keep
khadi
Kharif
Khatri
kiddish
kirana
kisan
kissa
kitty party
Kollywood
kurta
kuruvai
L
ladies bar
ladies seat
ladka
lady’s finger
lakh
Lakshmi
lal
langurs
lathicharge
laxman rekha
leela
Left parties
LIC policy
License Raj
load shedding
log
love marriage
M
maalish
madisaar
Madras Tamil
Madrasi
Maha
maida
maidan
make a move
Mallu
mama
mami
management seats
mandi
mantra
mantri
Manu
masala
masti
matrimonials
matter
maulvi
mediamen
medicos
meet
mehndi
memsahib
militants
military hotel
minority community
mint condition
mirchi
miscreants
mixie
mofussil areas
mohajir
mohalla
monsoon
mooch
moolah
moral responsibility
morcha
mufti
Mughal
mukhota
Mumbai
mundu
Mungeri Lal
munsif
mushaira
music director
mutt
N
naik
nariyal
national integration
native place
Navratnas
naxalites
naya
near and dear
needful
Nehruvian
nescoffee
neta
nimbu
Nirodh
no encumberances
no?
non-veg joke
North Block
North-East
nose cut
NRIs
nullah
O
official machinery
offs
oil bath
open quota
opticals
P
paati
Page 3 people
pallu
pan
panchakatcham
panchayat
paneer
paper leak
parallel cinema
pardes
pariah
parlour
Partition
passed out
pati
patta
pennis
peon
Peter
PG accommodation
phenoyl
phool
PIN code
pindrop silence
pooja
postpaid
prepaid cards
prepone
President’s rule
prime accused
pseudosecular party
pucca
punjabis
purana
purdah
put up
pyar
pyjama
Q
qawwali
qila
R
Rabi
ragging
Raj
Raja
Ramzan
rape
ration shops
Ravan
redressal
regional aspirations
regularise
reservation
rest house
resume
revert
rickshaw
road roko
roadside Romeos
rosewater
roti
rowdy
rubber
ryots
S
saas
saathi
sabha
sadhu
saloon
salwar
salwar kameez
samadhi
samaj
samarpan
samba
sammelan
sanctum sanctorum
sangam
Sangh Parivar
sanyas
sapna
Sardarji
sari
sarkari
Sati-Savitri
satta
scamster
Scheduled Castes
Scheduled Tribes
seat sharing
seedha-saadha
seer
seva
shakehand
shakti
shamiana
shanti
shikaara
Sidhuisms
sindoor
sleeper
sloka
social justice
soft corner
South Block
South India
speak in English
speed-breaker
Sri
standard
starrer
status family
stepney
studio
supari killer
sutradar
swadeshi
swami
Syrian Christians
T
tainted
tamasha
Tamizh
tanda
tandoori
tantric
tehsildar
tempo
tender coconut
thalaivar
thali
thana
third front
three-wheelers
tiffin
tiffin carrier
timepass
tolet
Tollywood
tonga
too good
tortoise coil
tribal
trishul
trouser
U
Udipi hotel
ulta
undertrial
Untouchables
updation
upgradation
upto
Urdu
use and throw
utsav
V
vaastu
Vaishya
vakil
vanaspathi
VCD
veg
veshti
Villi
vote bank
W
wallah
wet grinder
wheatish complexion
would-be
Y
yagna
yatra
Yuvraj
Z
zamindar
zenana
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