A horse-drawn carriage, cab, or carriage used in India and other South Asian regions for hire or public transportation.
From Hindi gharī or gharrī, possibly derived from Sanskrit origins referring to carts and vehicles. The word was adopted into English during the 18th-19th century British colonial period in India as the standard term for such transport.
Gharry became such a common word in Anglo-Indian English that it appears in Rudyard Kipling's stories and British colonial memoirs—it's a linguistic fossil showing what mattered most to foreign speakers learning a place (quick answer: getting around town!).
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