[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) › c10.15783 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.15783 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.15783 - **Language:** English ### [c10.15783](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15783) 1869.—"Quant au titre de pir (see PEER) il signifie proprement vieillard, mais il est pris dans cette circonstance pour désigner une dignité spirituelle equivalente à celle des Gurū Hindous . . . Beaucoup de ces pirs sont à leur mort vénérés comme saints; de là le mot pir est synonyme de Wali, et signifie Saint aussi bien que ce dernier mot."—\*Garcin de Tassy, Rel. Mus. dans l'Inde\*, 23. - [Previous: c10.15782](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15782) - [Next: c10.15784](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15784) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15783](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15783) · Pramāṇa