[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) › c10.15919 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.15919 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.15919 - **Language:** English ### [c10.15919](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15919) 1510.—“Now I will speak of the King here in Calicut, because he is the most important King of all those before mentioned, and is called \*Samory\*, which in the Pagan language means God on earth.”—\*Varthema\*, 134. The traveller confounds the word with \*tamburān\*, which does mean ‘Lord.’ \[Forbes (see below) makes the same mistake.\] - [Previous: c10.15918](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15918) - [Next: c10.15920](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15920) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15919](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15919) · Pramāṇa