hour glass

lens of the eye

sixty-eighth

(Botany)

sixty-eight, (numeric) 68

crystalline lens

convex lens

a south Indian dish of spicy vegetables stuffed in a roll of thin rice bread

a milkman of the Musalmaan caste

at once, suddenly

bitten, stung

one of the two major distinctions of Aggarwal caste

of or related to lentils

the seed of a plant of the dill kind (Ligusticum ajowan), species of lovage or bishop's weed with the flavour of carraways (Ptychotis ajowan), used medicinally by the natives

block of wood projecting from a wall to support the thatch, wall plate

female devotee

condition, state

annual offering for the dead among some Muslims

vernacular, desi, indigenous, native, belonging to the country, local, provincial, home-made