BADSHAH
a corruption of padishah, from pad, �a seat,� a throne,� and shah, a prince�meaning Emperor.
BADSHAHL
Empire, imperial.
BADSHAHI MAHA
Imperial palace.
BAGH
an enclosed garden, a country-house.
BARADARI
literally �12 doors,� a pavilion, a large summer-house.
BHARATA
the epical name of India.
BHAKTI
literally a state or condition of adoration, shown by devotion to altruistic works.
BOSTAN
a fruit-tree garden, an orchard.
BURJ
a fortified tower.
CHABUTRA
a four-cornered bank, a raised place or plat form for sitting on.
CHADAR
literally a sheet or shawl, here a water-chute or cascade.
CHAR-BAGH
literally four gardens, here a large garden divided by four water-ways.
CHASMA
a sparkling [literally eye-bright] spring.
CHATRT
literally an umbrella, here a small open baradari or summer-house; the word also means mausoleum.
CHENAR
the Oriental Plane-tree, Platanus orientalis, the fame of which has filled the whole history of Asia from the Punjab to Asia Minor from the beginning of human history.
GULISTAN
literally a rose garden, but meaning also any flower garden.
HAUZ
a large stone-built tank.
HUMMUM or HAMMAM
a bath, bath-house, a public bath-house.
LALA-ZAR or LALZAR
literally a red garden, but meaning specifically a tulip garden.
MAHAL
a palace, mansion, house.
MALI
a gardener.
MELA
a meeting, a fair, also a fair held at the seat of some shrine for the benefit of the pilgrims.
MIHRAB
the central niche in the wall of a mosque marking the direction of Mecca.
MISTRI
a master craftsman.
PUJA
an act of devotion, of sacrifice.
SANAD
a deed or written grant, a charter.
SHIKARA
a small boat used in Kashmir on the rivers and lakes.
TAJ
literally a cap, a crown, the word being the second syllable of the name of the favourite wife of Shah Jahan, the immortal Mumtaz-i-Mahal, the Ornament of the Palace; and her name being given to her sepulchral cenotaph at Agra, the word Taj gradually came to denominate any mausoleum.
