[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) › c10.573 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.573 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.573 - **Language:** English ### [c10.573](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.573) ASSEGAY, s. An African throwing-spear. Dozy has shown that the thing is Berber \*zaghāya\*, with the Ar. article prefixed (p. 223). Those who use it often seem to take it for a S. African or Eastern word. So Godinho de Eredia seems to use it as if Malay (f. 21v). \[Mr Skeat remarks that the nearest word in Malay is \*seligi\*, e.g. - [Previous: c10.572](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.572) - [Next: c10.574](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.574) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.573](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.573) · Pramāṇa