[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) › c10.193 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.193 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.193 - **Language:** English ### [c10.193](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.193) 1653.—"Alaias (Alajas) est vn mot Indien, qui signifie des toiles de cotton et de soye: meslée de plusieurs couleurs."—\*De la Boullaye-le-Gouz\*, ed. 1657, p. 532. - [Previous: c10.192](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.192) - [Next: c10.194](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.194) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.193](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.193) · Pramāṇa