[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) › c10.549 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.549 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.549 - **Language:** English ### [c10.549](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.549) \*\*ARTICHOKE\*\*, s. The genealogy of this word appears to be somewhat as follows: The Ar. is \*al-harshūf\* (perhaps connected with \*harash\*, 'rough-skinned') or \*al-kharshūf\*; hence Sp. \*alcarchofa\* and It. \*carcioffo\* and \*arciocco\*, Fr. \*artichaut\*, Eng. \*artichoke\*. - [Previous: c10.548](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.548) - [Next: c10.550](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.550) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.549](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.549) · Pramāṇa