Terms and Abbreviations

Abadi Ago la Arbar Artia Atta-chakki Bandobast BDO Berseem Bbaiachara Residential area of a village Sugarcane tops used as animal feed A pulse, also known as redgram or pigeon pea Commodity broker, commission agent A motor-driven grain mill Land revenue settlement Block Development Officer A clover planted as fodder during the rabi season Coparcenary tenurial form in which the revenue demand is apportioned among village proprietors on some principle other than ancestral shares, usually on the basis of cultivation Bbisti Bbumidhar Water carrier A tenant who owns land in his or her own right and sells it if he or she wishes; under the Zamindari Abolition Act, tenants of the zamindars became sirdars (tenants of the state), but they could convert to bhumidhari status on payment of ten times land revenue Bithaura Block Biiggi Stacks of dried dung cakes An administrative subdivision of a district, headed by a BDO A cart with tires instead of wooden wheels, usually pulled by a male buffalo Charpoy Cheri Chulha Dhobi Rope bed Sorghum fodder Clay stove Washerman