Gentoo.--Gentoo or Jentu, as returned at times of census, is stated to be a general term applied to Balijas and Telugu speaking Sudras generally. The word is said by Yule and Burnell [142] to be "a corruption of the Portuguese Gentio, a gentile or heathen, which they applied to the Hindus in contradistinction to the Moros or Moors, i.e., Mahomedans. The reason why the term became specifically applied to the Telugu people is probably because, when the Portuguese arrived, the Telugu monarchy of Vijayanagar was dominant over a great part of the peninsula." In a letter written from prison to Sir Philip Francis, Rajah Nuncomar referred to the fact that "among the English gentry, Armenians, Moores and Gentoos, few there is who is not against me." Gentoo still survives as a caste name in the Madras Quarterly Civil List (1906). Ghair-i-Mahdi.--The name, meaning without Mahdi, of a sect of Muhammadans, who affirm that the Imam Mahdi has come and gone, while orthodox Muhammadans hold that he is yet to come. Ghasi.--See Haddi. Ghontoro.--A small caste of Oriyas, who manufacture brass and bell-metal rings and bangles for the hill people. The name is derived from ghonto, a bell-metal plate. Gidda (vulture).--A sept of Poroja. Gikkili (rattle).--A gotra of Kurni. Giri Razu.--A contraction of Puragiri Razu or Puragiri Kshatriya, by which names some Perikes style themselves. Goa.--A sub-division of Kudubis, who are said to have emigrated from Goa to South Canara. Go Brahman.--A name given to Brahmans by Kammalans, who style themselves Visva Brahmans.