[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) › c10.15993 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c10.15993](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.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.’ - [Previous: c10.15992](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15992) - [Next: c10.15994](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15994) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15993](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15993) · Pramāṇa