[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) › c10.12875 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.12875 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.12875 - **Language:** English ### [c10.12875](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.12875) \*\*SAFFRON\*\*, s. Arab. \*za‘farān\*. The true saffron (\*Crocus sativus\*, L.) in India is cultivated in Kashmīr only. In South India this name is given to turmeric, which the Portuguese called \*açafrão da terra\* (‘country saffron.’) The Hind. name is \*haldi\*, or in the Deccan \*halad\*, \[Skt. \*haridra\*, \*hari\*, ‘green, yellow’\]. Garcia de Orta calls it \*croco Indiaco\*, ‘Indian saffron.’ Indeed, Dozy shows that the Arab. \*kurkum\* for turmeric (whence the bot. Lat. \*curcuma\*) is probably taken from the Greek \*κρόκος\* or obl. \*κρόκον\*. Moodeen Sherif says that \*kurkum\* is applied to saffron in many Persian and other writers. - [Previous: c10.12874](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.12874) - [Next: c10.12876](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.12876) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.12875](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.12875) · Pramāṇa