* HINDU or East Indian *

AL an East Indian tree [n -S]

AAL an East Indian shrub [n -S]
DAK transportation by relays of men and horses [n -S]
DAL a dish of lentils and spices in India [n -S] : DAHL DAL DHAL
DEV {deva=n} [n -S]
GHI {ghee=n} [n -S]
JIN {jinn=n} [n -S] : DJIN DJINN DJINNI DJINNY GENIE JIN JINN JINNEE JINNI (some may be plural only)
KOS a land measure in India [n KOS]
NAN a round flat bread [n -S] : NAAN
RAJ dominion; sovereignty [n -ES]
SER a unit of weight of India [n -S]
SRI mister; sir -- used as a Hindu title of respect [n -S]
URD an annual bean grown in India [n -S]

ANNA a former coin of India and Pakistan [n -S]
AYAH a native maid or nurse in India [n -S]
BHUT a small whirlwind [n -S] : BHOOT
BIDI a cigarette of India [n -S] : BEEDI
CHAY the root of an East Indian herb [n CHAYS]
DAHL {dal=n} [n -S] : DAHL DAL DHAL
DEVA a Hindu god [n -S] : DEV
DHAK an Asian tree [n -S]
DHAL {dal=n} [n -S] : DAHL DAL DHAL
DHOW an Arabian sailing vessel [n -S]
DJIN {jinni=n} [n -S] : DJIN DJINN DJINNI DJINNY GENIE JIN JINN JINNEE JINNI (some may be plural only)
DURA {durra=n} [n -S] : DHOORA DHOURRA DOURA DOURAH DURA DURR DURRA
DURR {durra=n} [n -S] : DHOORA DHOURRA DOURA DOURAH DURA DURR DURRA
GHAT a passage leading down to a river [n -S]
GHEE a kind of liquid butter made in India [n -S] : GHI
GURU a Hindu spiritual teacher [n -S]
JINN a supernatural being in Muslim mythology [n -S] : DJIN DJINN DJINNI DJINNY GENIE JIN JINN JINNEE JINNI (some may be plural only)
LOTA {lotah=n} [n -S]
MAYA the power to produce illusions, in Hindu philosophy [n -S] : MAYAN [adj]
NAAN {nan=n} [n -S]
NEEM an East Indian tree [n -S]
PICE a former coin of India and Pakistan [n PICE]
POON an East Indian tree [n -S]
PUJA a Hindu prayer ritual [n -S]
RAGA a Hindu musical form [n -S]
RAGI an East Indian cereal grass [n -S]
RAJA {rajah=n} [n -S]
RANI the wife of a rajah [n -S] : RANEE
RYOT a tenant farmer in India [n -S]
SARI an outer garment worn by Hindu women [n -S]
SATI {suttee=n} [n -S]
SICE {syce=n} [n -S] : SAICE SICE SYCE
SUBA {subah=n} [n -S]
SUNN an East Indian shrub [n -S]
SYCE a male servant in India [n -S] : SAICE SICE SYCE
TALA a traditional rhythmic pattern of music in India [n -S]
TEAK an East Indian tree [n -S]
TOLA a unit of weight used in India [n -S]
TOON an East Indian tree [n -S]
VINA a stringed instrument of India [n -S]
YOGA a Hindu philosophy involving physical and mental disciplines [n -S]
YOGI a person who practices yoga [n -S]
YONI a symbol for the vulva in Hindu religion [n -S] : YONIC [adj]
YUGA an age of time in Hinduism [n -S]

ANKUS an elephant goad [n -ES]
ARGUS an East Indian pheasant [n -ES]
ATMAN the individual soul in Hinduism [n -S]
BABOO a Hindu gentleman [n -BOOS]
BEEDI {bidi=n} [n -DIES]
BHANG the hemp plant [n -S]
BHOOT {bhut=n} [n -S]
BINDI a dot worn on the forehead by women in India [n -S]
CRORE a monetary unit of India [n -S]
DEWAN an official in India [n -S]
DHOBI a person who does laundry in India [n -S]
DHOLE a wild dog of India [n -S]
DHOTI a loincloth worn by Hindu men [n -S] : DHOOTI DHOOTIE DHOTI DHUTI
DHUTI {dhoti=n} [n -S] : DHOOTI DHOOTIE DHOTI DHUTI
DJINN {jinni=n} [n -S] : DJIN DJINN DJINNI DJINNY GENIE JIN JINN JINNEE JINNI (some may be plural only)
DOOLY {doolee=n} [n -LIES] : DHOOLY DOOLEE DOOLIE DOOLY
DOURA {durra=n} [n -S] : DHOORA DHOURRA DOURA DOURAH DURA DURR DURRA
DURRA a cereal grain [n -S] : DHOORA DHOURRA DOURA DOURAH DURA DURR DURRA
FAKIR a Hindu ascetic [n -S] : FAKEER FAKIR FAQIR FAQUIR
FAQIR {fakir=n} [n -S] : FAKEER FAKIR FAQIR FAQUIR
FILMI music composed for Indian films [n -S]
GENIE {jinni=n} [n -S]
HOOLY {hoolie=adj} [adj]
JAWAN a soldier of India [n -S]
JINNI {jinn=n} [n -S] : DJIN DJINN DJINNI DJINNY GENIE JIN JINN JINNEE JINNI (some may be plural only)
JNANA knowledge acquired through meditation [n -S]
JOWAR a durra grown in India [n -S]
KALPA a period of time in Hindu religion [n -S]
KENAF an East Indian plant [n -S]
KHEDA {keddah=n} [n -S]
KORMA an Indian dish of meat or vegetables with spices [n -S]
KURTA a shirt worn in India [n -S]
LATHI a heavy stick of bamboo and iron in India [n -S]
LOTAH a small water vessel used in India [n -S] : LOTA
LUNGI a loincloth worn by men in India [n -S] : LUNGEE LUNGI LUNGYI
MOHUR a former gold coin of India [n -S]
MUDRA a hand gesture in East Indian classical dancing [n -S]
NIZAM a former sovereign of India [n -S]
PIPAL a fig tree of India [n -S]
PUNJI a sharp bamboo stake placed and concealed so as to impale an enemy [n -S]
PUNKA a ceiling fan used in India [n -S]
PURDA {purdah=n} [n -S] : PARDAH PURDA PURDAH
RAITA an Indian salad made with yogurt and chopped vegetables or fruits [n -S]
RAJAH a king or prince in India [n -S]
RANEE {rani=n} [n -S]
RISHI a Hindu sage [n -S]
RUPEE a monetary unit of India [n -S]
SADHU a Hindu holy man [n -S]
SAHIB sir; master -- used as a term of respect in colonial India [n -S]
SAICE {syce=n} [n -S] : SAICE SICE SYCE
SANGH an association promoting unity between the different groups in Hinduism [n -S]
SAROD a lute of northern India [n -S]
SASIN an antelope of India [n -S]
SEPOY a native of India serving in the British army [n -POYS]
SITAR a lute of India [n -S] : SITARIST(s)
SOWAR a mounted native soldier in India [n -S]
SUBAH a province of India [n -S]
SUTRA a Hindu aphorism [n -S] : SUTTA
SUTTA {sutra=n} [n -S]
SWAMI a Hindu religious teacher [n -S]
SWAMY {swami=n} [n -MIES]
TALUK an estate in India [n -S]
TEPOY {teapoy=n} [n -POYS]
TIKKA an Indian dish of meat cooked on a skewer [n -S]
TILAK a mark worn on the forehead by Hindus [n -S]
TONGA a light cart used in India [n -S]
VAKIL {vakeel=n} [n -S]
VARNA any of the four main Hindu social classes [n -S]

AHIMSA the Hindu principle of nonviolence [n -S]
AMBARI {ambary=n} [n -S]
AMBARY an East Indian plant [n -RIES]
AMRITA a beverage that bestows immortality in Hindu mythology [n -S]
ASHRAM a secluded dwelling of a Hindu sage [n -S] : ASRAMA
ASRAMA {ashram=n} [n -S]
AVATAR the incarnation of a Hindu deity [n -S]
BANIAN a Hindu merchant [n -S]
BANYAN an East Indian tree [n -S]
BHAKTA one who practices bhakti [n -S]
BHAKTI a selfless devotion to a deity in Hinduism [n -S]
BHARAL a goatlike Asian mammal [n -S]
DACOIT a bandit in India [n -S] : DACOITY, DAKOIT(s)
DAKOIT {dacoit=n} [n -S] : DAKOITY
DEODAR an East Indian cedar [n -S]
DHARMA conformity to Hindu law [n -S] : DHARMIC [adj]
DHARNA a form of protest in India [n -S]
DHOOLY {dooly=n} [n -LIES] : DHOOLY DOOLEE DOOLIE DOOLY
DHOORA {durra=n} [n -S] : DHOORA DHOURRA DOURA DOURAH DURA DURR DURRA
DHOOTI {dhoti=n} [n -S] : DHOOTI DHOOTIE DHOTI DHUTI
DHURNA {dharna=n} [n -S]
DJINNI {jinni=n} [n DJINN] : DJIN DJINN DJINNI DJINNY GENIE JIN JINN JINNEE JINNI (some may be plural only)
DJINNY {jinni=n} [n DJINN] : DJIN DJINN DJINNI DJINNY GENIE JIN JINN JINNEE JINNI (some may be plural only)
DOOLEE a stretcher for the sick or wounded [n -S] : DHOOLY DOOLEE DOOLIE DOOLY
DOOLIE {doolee=n} [n -S] : DHOOLY DOOLEE DOOLIE DOOLY
DOURAH {durra=n} [n -S] : DHOORA DHOURRA DOURA DOURAH DURA DURR DURRA
DURBAR the court of a native ruler in India [n -S]
DURIAN an East Indian tree [n -S] : DURION(s)
DURION {durian=n} [n -S]
DURRIE {dhurrie=n} [n -S]
FAKEER {fakir=n} [n -S] : FAKEER FAKIR FAQIR FAQUIR
FAQUIR {fakir=n} [n -S] : FAKEER FAKIR FAQIR FAQUIR
GHARRI {gharry=n} [n -S]
GHARRY a carriage used in India [n -RIES]
HOOLIE easy; slow [adj]
HOUDAH {howdah=n} [n -S]
HOWDAH a seat on an elephant or camel for riders [n -S]
JINNEE {jinn=n} [n JINN] : DJIN DJINN DJINNI DJINNY GENIE JIN JINN JINNEE JINNI (some may be plural only)
KEDDAH an enclosure for elephants [n -S]
KHEDAH {keddah=n} [n -S]
LASCAR an East Indian sailor [n -S] : LASHKAR
LINGAM a Hindu phallic symbol [n -S]
LUNGEE {lungi=n} [n -S] : LUNGEE LUNGI LUNGYI
LUNGYI {lungi=n} [n -S] : LUNGEE LUNGI LUNGYI
MAHOUT the keeper and driver of an elephant [n -S]
MANTRA a mystical formula of prayer or incantation in Hinduism [n -S] : MANTRIC [adj]
MASALA a blend of spices used in Indian cooking [n -S]
NAUTCH a dancing exhibition in India [n -ES]
PAJAMA a garment for sleeping or lounging [n -S], PAJAMAED : PYJAMA(s)
PAKORA a small spicy cake of fried batter with vegetables or meat [n -S]
PANDIT a wise or learned man in India [n -S]
PARDAH {purdah=n} [n -S] : PARDAH PURDA PURDAH
PIKAKE an East Indian vine [n -S]
PRAJNA ultimate knowledge in Buddhism and Hinduism [n -S]
PUNDIT a Hindu scholar [n -S] : PUNDITIC [adj]
PURANA a Hindu scripture [n -S] : PURANIC [adj]
PURDAH a curtain used in India to seclude women [n -S] : PARDAH PURDA PURDAH
PYJAMA {pajama=n} [n -S]
SANSAR {sarsar=n} [n -S]
SARDAR {sirdar=n} [n -S]
SARSAR a cold, whistling wind [n -S]
SESAME an East Indian plant [n -S]
SIRDAR a person of rank in India [n -S] : SARDAR
SOUCAR a Hindu banker [n -S] : SOWCAR
SOWCAR {soucar=n} [n -S]
SRADHA a Hindu ceremonial offering [n -S]
SUTTEE a Hindu widow cremated on her husband's funeral pile to show her devotion to him [n -S] : SATI(s)
SVARAJ {swaraj=n} [n -ES]
SWARAJ self-government in British India [n -ES] : SVARAJ, SWARAJISM, SWARAJIST
TAHSIL a district in India [n -S] : TAHSILDAR(s)
TAMBUR {tambura=n} [n -S] : TAMBOURA TAMBUR TAMBURA
TANTRA one of a class of Hindu religious writings [n -S] : TANTRIC [adj]
TEAPOY a small table used in serving tea [n -POYS] : TEPOY
TRIBAL a member of an aboriginal people of India [n -S]
VAKEEL a native lawyer in India [n -S] : VAKIL
ZANANA {zenana=n} [n -S]
ZENANA the section of a house in India reserved for women [n -S]
ZILLAH an administrative district in India [n -S]

BAHADUR a Hindu title of respect [n -S]
BHANGRA a form of popular Punjabi dance music [n -S]
BIRYANI an Indian dish of meat, fish, or vegetables and rice [n -S]
CHAMPAC {champak=n} [n -S] : CHAMPAC CHAMPACA CHAMPAK
CHAMPAK an East Indian tree [n -S] : CHAMPAC CHAMPACA CHAMPAK
CHAPATI an unleavened bread of India [n -S] : CHAPATI CHAPATTI CHAPPATI
CHARPAI {charpoy=n} [n -S]
CHARPOY a bed used in India [n -POYS] : CHARPAI
CHUTNEE {chutney=n} [n -S]
CHUTNEY a sweet and sour sauce [n -NEYS]
DACOITY robbery by dacoits [n -COITIES] : DAKOITY
DAKOITY {dacoity=n} [n -TIES]
DARSHAN a Hindu blessing [n -S]
DHOOTIE {dhoti=n} [n -S] : DHOOTI DHOOTIE DHOTI DHUTI
DHOURRA {durra=n} [n -S] : DHOORA DHOURRA DOURA DOURAH DURA DURR DURRA
DHURRIE a cotton rug made in India [n -S]
GINGELI {gingelly=n} [n -S] : GINGELEY GINGELI GINGELLI GINGELLY GINGELY GINGILI GINGILLI
GINGELY {gingelly=n} [n -LIES] : GINGELEY GINGELI GINGELLI GINGELLY GINGELY GINGILI GINGILLI
GINGILI {gingelly=n} [n GINGILIS] : GINGELEY GINGELI GINGELLI GINGELLY GINGELY GINGILI GINGILLI
HANUMAN an East Indian monkey [n -S]
HARIJAN an outcaste in India [n -S]
JEMADAR an officer in the army of India [n -S] : JEMIDAR
JEMIDAR {jemadar=n} [n -S]
LASHKAR {lascar=n} [n -S]
MAHATMA a Hindu sage [n -S]
MANDALA a Hindu or Buddhist graphic symbol of the universe [n -S] : MANDALIC [adj]
PACHISI a board game of India [n -S] : PACHISI PARCHEESI PARCHESI PARCHISI
PAPADAM {papadum=n} [n -S] : PAPADAM PAPADOM PAPADUM PAPPADAM POPPADOM POPPADUM
PAPADOM {papadum=n} [n -S] : PAPADAM PAPADOM PAPADUM PAPPADAM POPPADOM POPPADUM
PAPADUM a thin, crisp bread of India [n -S] : PAPADAM PAPADOM PAPADUM PAPPADAM POPPADOM POPPADUM
SUBADAR {subahdar=n} [n -S]
TAMASHA a public entertainment in India [n -S]
TAMBURA a stringed instrument [n -S] : TAMBOURA TAMBUR TAMBURA
TANDOOR a clay oven [n -DOORS or -DOORI]
THUGGEE thuggery in India [n -S]

AYURVEDA a Hindu system of medicine [n -S]
BUNGALOW a small cottage [n -S]
CHAMPACA {champak=n} [n -S] : CHAMPAC CHAMPACA CHAMPAK
CHAPATTI {chapati=n} [n -S] : CHAPATI CHAPATTI CHAPPATI
CHAPPATI a round, flat, unleavened bread of India [n -S] : CHAPATI CHAPATTI CHAPPATI
CUTCHERY a judicial office in India [n -CHERIES]
GINGELEY {gingelly=n} [n -LEYS] : GINGELEY GINGELI GINGELLI GINGELLY GINGELY GINGILI GINGILLI
GINGELLI {gingelly=n} [n -S] : GINGELEY GINGELI GINGELLI GINGELLY GINGELY GINGILI GINGILLI
GINGELLY the sesame seed or its oil [n -LIES] : GINGELEY GINGELI GINGELLI GINGELLY GINGELY GINGILI GINGILLI
GINGILLI {gingelly=n} [n -S] : GINGELEY GINGELI GINGELLI GINGELLY GINGELY GINGILI GINGILLI
KEDGEREE a food in India [n -S]
MAHARAJA a king or prince in India [n -S]
MAHARANI the wife of a maharaja [n -S] : MAHARANEE
MEMSAHIB a European woman living in colonial India [n -S]
MRIDANGA a drum of India [n -S]
MULLIGAN a stew of various meats and vegetables [n -S]
PACHOULI an East Indian herb [n -S]
PAJAMAED wearing pajamas [adj]
PAPPADAM {papadum=n} [n -S] : PAPADAM PAPADOM PAPADUM PAPPADAM POPPADOM POPPADUM
PARCHESI {pachisi=n} [n -S] : PACHISI PARCHEESI PARCHESI PARCHISI
PARCHISI {pachisi=n} [n -S] : PACHISI PARCHEESI PARCHESI PARCHISI
POPPADOM {papadum=n} [n -S] : PAPADAM PAPADOM PAPADUM PAPPADAM POPPADOM POPPADUM
POPPADUM {papadum=n} [n -S] : PAPADAM PAPADOM PAPADUM PAPPADAM POPPADOM POPPADUM
OUTCASTE a Hindu who has been expelled from his caste [n -S]
SANNYASI a Hindu monk [n -S]
SITARIST one who plays the sitar [n -S]
SUBAHDAR a governor of a subah [n -S] : SUBADAR
TAMBOURA {tambura=n} [n -S] : TAMBOURA TAMBUR TAMBURA
TANDOORI food cooked in a TANDOOR oven [n -S]
TANTRISM a school of Buddhism incorporating Hindu and pagan elements [n -S]
TURMERIC an East Indian herb [n -S]
ZAMINDAR a tax collector in precolonial India [n -S] : ZAMINDARI(s) ZEMINDAR(s)
ZEMINDAR {zamindar=n} [n -S], ZEMINDARY

BAHUVRIHI [n -S] compound word where two parts don't define the whole (e.g., "Grapenuts")
KUNDALINI type of yoga [n -S]
MAHARAJAH [n -S]
MAHARANEE [n -S] : MAHARANI
MAHARISHI [n -S]
PARCHEESI [n -S] : PACHISI PARCHEESI PARCHESI PARCHISI
SWARAJISM [n -S]
SWARAJIST [n -S]
TAHSILDAR a district official in India [n -S] : TAHSIL(s)
VANASPATI [n -S]
ZAMINDARI the system of tax collection by zamindars [n -S] : ZEMINDARY
ZEMINDARY {zamindari=n} [n -RIES]

PANJANDRUM [n -DRUMS or -DRA]
SATYAGRAHA [n -S]

MULLIGATAWNY [n -NIES]

* List compiled from OWL2 + Long List by Rebecca Slivka