Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.15891
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.15891
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YABOO, s. Pers. yābū, which is perhaps a corruption of Ar. ya’būb, de-fined by Johnson as ‘a swift and long horse.’ A nag such as we call ‘a galloway,’ a large pony or small hardy horse; the term in India is generally applied to a very useful class of animals brought from Afghanistan.