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| ID | Word | Notes | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3070 | jillādāra | n. a district-level functionary. | t.t. |
| 2104 | jimīdāra / jimdāra | [fr. P. zamīn] var. jimidāra; n. 1) intermediary class of landowners. 2) individual responsible for land-tax collection at the village level in the Tarai region, entitled to keep the taxes collected above the sum owed to the government and to free farm labor by the farmers (M.C. Regmi 1999: 234 ; M.C. Regmi 1970 (No. 7): 174; M.C. Regmi 1978: 227; M.C. Regmi 1978: 162; Krauskopff and Meyer 2000: 184). | t.t. |
| 2175 | jimmāvāla | var. jimavāla, jimmavāla, jimvāla; n. a chief contractor (ṭhekedāra) who, before the introduction of the land administration, collected revenues from the lands in the hill region and submitted them to the government (Parājulī et al. 1995: s.v. jimmāvāla). | t.t. |
| 2991 | jinaposa | var. jīnaposa; n. a thick wollen saddle-cloth for horses. | t.t. |
| 2060 | jinsī | var. jinīsī, jinīs, jīṃsī; a thing, article, commodity or goods for purchase and sale (Wilson 1855: 240 s.v. Jins). Payment of revenue in kind in contradistinction to that which is paid in cash (nagada). | t.t. |
| 2331 | jitāpatra | var. jītāpatra; n. a certificate of court victory or of exoneration. | t.t. |
| 2258 | jitāurī | n. | t.t. |
| 2301 | jiunī | t.t. | |
| 2786 | jogīcakra | n. 1) special worship performed by the Kusles or jogīs in front of the house usually on the fifth or seventh day of death in the family. A wide variety of food items are prepared by the daughter/s of the deceased, which are then offered on small plates made of leaves. The offerings are separated into two sets: one to be fed to the crows while the other to the preta. Jogīs are invited to perform the Jogīcakra worship in front of the house. Jogīs put the food items inside a bhyagaḥ, a potbellied earthen pot, placed on a seat made of thick rings of straw to perform this worship. Nyānumā is the vernacular term for the ritual if it is performed on the fifth day and nhaynumā if performed on the seventh day (Munaṃkarṃī VS 2046: 25-26). 2) worship performed by the kanaphaṭṭā jogīs by offering a sacrifice of a duck to a certain deity or an object of worship. They also perform the worship in a similar manner but employ a series of earthen pots placed on a seat made of thick rings of straw in the process (Munaṃkarṃī VS 2046: 29). | t.t. |
| 1800 | Julāhā | [lw. H., cf. P. jūlāh] var. jolāhā, jvalahā, jvalāhā; n. a man of the weaver caste; Muslim weavers living in south-western Nepal (cf. Bouillier 1991: 19f. fn.14). | t.t. |
| 2220 | Jumlī Jaisī | t.t. | |
| 958 | jyāpu | n. the dominant Newar agricultural caste with different caste groups; the Mulukī Ain ranks them below Udāsas (MA-54 145.8-9). | t.t. |
| 2419 | kabaca | [fr. A.] var. kabaja; n. a receipt issued by the government offices in the old times after the submission of money to the mulukīkhānā, the central treasury where income from all over the country is collected. | t.t. |
| 2319 | kabuliyata | n. a deed of consent, agreement or acceptance. | t.t. |
| 2318 | kacaharī | [fr. Pr. kaccahariā] n. 1) an office that looks after legal issues. 2) court. 3) assembly, meeting | t.t. |
| 2850 | kaḍā | [H.]; 1) a heavy ring of metal or other material, worn on the wrists or ankles; a bangle, bracelet, anklet. 2) anything resembling a ring or bracelet in form; handle; hilt. | t.t. |
| 2239 | kaḍārā | t.t. | |
| 1915 | kaḍela coka | var. kaṇḍela coka; n. a section of the Basantapur Palace where the Kapardārī Koṭhā, responsible for controlling the royal household and salaries to the royal officials and servants, was housed. For this reason, the Kapardārī Koṭhā was also referred as Kaḍela Coka (Cf. Adhikari 1984 :80, Edwards 1975: 112-113) | t.t. |
| 2912 | kaḍhāī | [H. pronun. var of kaḍāhī); n. a pan or frying pan (McGregor 1993: s.v.). | t.t. |
| 2613 | kāge aṣṭamī | n. eighth of the bright half of the month Bhādrapada. | t.t. |
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