[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) › c10.15967 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c10.15967](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15967) 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: - [Previous: c10.15966](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15966) - [Next: c10.15968](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15968) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15967](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15967) · Pramāṇa