See also:

• BANYAN, or BANIAN (an Arab corruption, borrowed by the Portuguese from the Sanskrit vanij, " merchant ")

BANYAN, or BANIAN (an Arab corruption, borrowed by the Portuguese from the See also:

• SANSKRIT

Sanskrit vanij, " See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant ")  , the Ficus Indices, or Bengalensis, a See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree of the fig genus . The name was originally given by Europeans to a particular tree on the See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian Gulf beneath which some See also:

• HINDU

Hindu " merchants " had built a See also:

• PAGODA (Port. pagode, a word introduced in the 16th century by the early Portuguese adventurers in India, reproducing phonetically some native word, possibly Pers. but-kadah, a house for an idol, or some form of Sansk. bhagavat, divine, holy)

pagoda . In See also:

• CALCUTTA

Calcutta the word was once generally applied to a native See also:

• BROKER (according to the New English Dictionary, from Lat. brocca, spit, spike, broccare, to broach "—another Eng. form of the same word; hence O. Fr. vendre d broche, to retail, e.g. wine, from the tap, and thus the general sense of dealing; see also for

broker or See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head clerk in any business or private See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house, now usually known as sircar . Bunya, a corruption of the word See also:

• COMMON

common in See also:

• BENGAL
• BENGAL, BAY OF

Bengal generally, is usually applied to the native See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain-dealer . See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

Early writers sometimes use the See also:

• TERM

term generically for all See also:

• HINDUS

Hindus in western See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India . See also:

• BANYAN, or BANIAN (an Arab corruption, borrowed by the Portuguese from the Sanskrit vanij, " merchant ")

Banyan was See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long Anglo-See also:

• INDIAN

Indian. for an undershirt, in allusion to the See also:

• BODY

body garment of the Hindus, especially the Banyan . Banyan days is a nautical See also:

• SLANG

slang term, In the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• NAVY

navy there were formerly two days in each See also:

• WEEK (from A.S. wicu, Germanic *wikon, probably=change, turn)

week on which See also:

• MEAT

meat formed no See also:

• PART

part of the men's rations . These were called banyan days,, in allusion to the vegetarian See also:

• DIET

diet of the Hindu merchants . Banyan See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital also became a slang term for a hospital for animals, in reference to the Hindu's humanity and his dislike of taking the See also:

• LIFE

life of any See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal .