[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) › c10.15830 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.15830 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.15830 - **Language:** English ### [c10.15830](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15830) \*\*WOON\*\*, s. Burm. \*wun\*, ‘a governor or officer of administration’; literally ‘a burden,’ hence presumably the ‘Bearer of the Burden.’ Of this there are various well-known compounds, e.g.: - [Previous: c10.15829](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15829) - [Next: c10.15831](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15831) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15830](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15830) · Pramāṇa