This is an ongoing project to document the terms seen in various manuscripts and their application in text and living traditions.
| Terminology | Literal Meaning | Technical Meaning |
| Anee | Spear point | A thrust |
| Bahera | Outside/Deaf | A backhand strike to the right side of receivers head |
| Bhandara | A storage vault | A strike to the chest |
| Chaakii | Knee cap | A strike to the knee |
| Cheer | Slice | An upward cutting motion between the legs |
| Dast-e-separ | Shield hand | A strike to the shield hand |
| Dhar | Edge of a blade | A cut |
| Dohari | Double | Dohari handed techniques |
| Funduq | A henna on the fingertips | A strike to the fingers |
| Ghai | Threshing | A Play/An Exercise |
| Hathkatti | To cut off the hand | A strike to the elbow |
| Hool | A lunging thrust | A lunging thrust to the face |
| Janoee | Hindu Sacred Red Thread | A diagonal cut from should to waist |
| Kadak | A cracking noise | A strike to the knee/shin |
| Kamar | Waist | A strike to the waist |
| Kanpatti | Temple to back of head | A strike to temple-back of head |
| Khali | Void | Evade |
| Modha | Shoulder | A strike to the shoulder |
| Palat | Pivot/Rotate | A strike to the ankle |
| Pentra/pavitra/paon | Feet/footwork | footwork/stances |
| Seer | Head | A strike to the top of the head |
| Tamacha | A slap | A strike to the left side of the receivers head |
| Tamam | Complete | Completion of an exercise |
| Zarb | Strike | Strike |