[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) › c10.259 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.259 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.259 - **Language:** English ### [c10.259](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.259) \*\*ALPEEN\*\*, \*s.\* H. \*alpīn\*, used in Bombay. A common pin, from Port. \*alfinete\* (Panjab \*N. & Q.\*, ii. 117). - [Previous: c10.258](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.258) - [Next: c10.260](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.260) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.259](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.259) · Pramāṇa