Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.15993
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.15993
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c10.15993
The word Zand, in Haug's view, may be referred to the root zan, ‘to know’; Skt. jnā, Gr. γνw, Lat. gno (as in agnosco, cognosco), so that its meaning is ‘knowledge.’ Prof. J. Oppert, on the other hand, identifies it with old Pers. zannda, ‘prayer.’