Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.566
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.566
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ASHRAFEE, s. Arab. *ashraf*, ‘noble,’ applied to various gold coins (in analogy with the old English ‘noble’), especially to the *dīnār* of Egypt, and to the Gold Mohur of India.—See XERAFINE.