[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) › c10.255 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.255 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.255 - **Language:** English ### [c10.255](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.255) ALOO, s. Skt. - H. ālū. This word is now used in Hindustani and other dialects for the ‘potato.’ The original Skt. is said to mean the esculent root Arum campanulatum. - [Previous: c10.254](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.254) - [Next: c10.256](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.256) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.255](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.255) · Pramāṇa