Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.156
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.156
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ALCORANAS, s. What word does Herbert aim at in the following? [The Stanf. Dict. regards this as quite distinct from *Alcorān*, the Korān, or sacred book of Mohammedans (for which see N.E.D. s.v.), and suggests *Al-qorūn*, 'the horns,' or *al-qirān*, 'the vertices.']