[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) › c10.12876 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.12876 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.12876 - **Language:** English ### [c10.12876](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.12876) c. 1200.—“The Persians call this root \*al-Hard\*, and the inhabitants of Basra call it \*al-Kurkum\*, and \*al-Kurkum\* is Saffron. They call these plants Saffron because they dye yellow in the same way as Saffron does.”—\*Ibn Baithar\*, ii. 370. - [Previous: c10.12875](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.12875) - [Next: c10.12877](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.12877) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.12876](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.12876) · Pramāṇa