[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c10.118 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.118 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.118 - **Language:** English ### [c10.118](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.118) AGDAUN, s. A hybrid H. word from H. \*āg\* and P. \*dān\*, made in imitation of \*pik-dān, kalam-dān, shama-dān\* (‘spittoon, pencase, candlestick’). It means a small vessel for holding fire to light a cheroot. - [Previous: c10.117](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.117) - [Next: c10.119](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.119) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.118](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.118) · Pramāṇa