[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) › c10.156 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c10.156](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.156) ALCORANAS, s. What word does Herbert aim at in the following? \[The Stanf. Dict. regards this as quite distinct from \*Alcorān\*, the Korān, or sacred book of Mohammedans (for which see N.E.D. s.v.), and suggests \*Al-qorūn\*, 'the horns,' or \*al-qirān\*, 'the vertices.'\] - [Previous: c10.155](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.155) - [Next: c10.157](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.157) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.156](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.156) · Pramāṇa