[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) › c10.123 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.123 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.123 - **Language:** English ### [c10.123](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.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):— - [Previous: c10.122](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.122) - [Next: c10.124](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.124) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.123](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.123) · Pramāṇa