Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.123

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c10.123

**AK**, s. H. *āk* and *ark*, in Sindi *āk*; the prevalent name of the *madār* (MUDDAR) in Central and Western India. It is said to be a popular belief (of course erroneous) in Sind, that Akbar was so called after the *āk*, from his birth in the desert. [Ives (488) calls it *Ogg*.] The word appears in the following popular rhyme quoted by Tod (*Rajasthan*, i. 669):—

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