Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.12951
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.12951
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In the first quotation it is doubtful what is meant by salif; but it seems possible that the traveller may not have recognised the tha'lab, sa'lab in its Indian pronunciation.