Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.15967
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.15967
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In the preceding extracts the *De* prefixed to Calcutta is Pers. *deh*, ‘village,’ or ‘township,’ a common term in the language of Indian Revenue administration. An ‘Explanation of Terms’ furnished by W. Hastings to the Fort William Council in 1759 thus explains the word: