[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) › c10.15891 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c10.15891](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15891) 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. - [Previous: c10.15890](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15890) - [Next: c10.15892](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15892) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15891](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15891) · Pramāṇa