[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) › c10.625 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.625 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.625 - **Language:** English ### [c10.625](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.625) \*\*AVADAVAT\*\*, s. Improperly for \*Amadavat\*. The name given to a certain pretty little cage-bird (\*Estrelda amandava\*, L. or ‘Red Wax-Bill’) found throughout India, but originally brought to Europe from Aḥmadābād in Guzerat, of which the name is a corruption. We also find Aḥmadābād represented by Madava: as in old maps Astarābād on the Caspian is represented by Strava (see quotation from \*Correa\* below). \[One of the native names for the bird is lāl, ‘ruby,’ which appears in the quota-tion from Mrs. Meer Hassan Ali below.\] - [Previous: c10.624](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.624) - [Next: c10.626](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.626) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) ## Cites (1) - [Ahmadâbâd](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.ahmadabad) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.625](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.625) · Pramāṇa