Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.13091
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.13091
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1778.—"The language as well as the written character of Bengal are familiar to the Natives . . . and both seem to be base derivatives from the *Shanscrit*."—*Orme*, ed. 1803, ii. 5.