Appendix E

Glossary for some Marathi words

1. angan                          -            Courtyard
2. bajara                          -            A course grain
3. balwadi                       -            Pre-school classes
4. dhobi                           -            Washer man
5. dholaki                         -            A rhythm instrument of the percussion kind; drum
6. gadi                             -            Cart
7. gram Panchayat            -            Village council a self government body of elected

members

8. gram sevak               -            Village social worker
9. jowar                           -            A course grain
10. kendra                         -            Center
11. major                           -            Labourers
12. moong, Mataki            -            Kinds of pulses
13. pashupalan                 -            Animal husbandry
14. patil, pramukh                    -            Head, Chief
15. sutar                            -            Carpenter
16. toil                                -            Gangs of workers
17. udid                             -            Black gram
18. wasti                            -            A residential locality

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