Hobson-Jobson: The Definitive Glossary of British India by Kate Teltscher, A. C. Burnell, Henry Yule

Hobson-Jobson: The Definitive Glossary of British India

Kate Teltscher, A. C. Burnell, Henry Yule

570 pages • missing pub info (editions)

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Hobson-Jobson is a unique work of maverick scholarship. Compiled in 1886 by two India enthusiasts, it documents the words and phrases that entered English from Arabic, Persian, Indian, and Chinese sources - and vice versa. Described by Salman Rush...

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