[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) › c10.301 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.301 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.301 - **Language:** English ### [c10.301](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.301) We have seen a-muck derived from the Ar. ahmak, ‘fatuous’ \[e.g. Ball, Jungle Life, 358\]. But this is etymology of the kind which scorns history. - [Previous: c10.300](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.300) - [Next: c10.302](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.302) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.301](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.301) · Pramāṇa