[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) › c10.238 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.238 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.238 - **Language:** English ### [c10.238](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.238) \*\*ALMADIA\*\*, s. This is a word introduced into Portuguese from Moorish Ar. \*al-ma'diya\*. Properly it means 'a raft' (see \*Dozy\*, s.v.). But it is generally used by the writers on India for a canoe, or the like small native boat. - [Previous: c10.237](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.237) - [Next: c10.239](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.239) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.238](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.238) · Pramāṇa