Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.722
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.722
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BADGEER, s. P. *bād-gīr*, ‘wind-catch.’ An arrangement acting as a windsail to bring the wind down into a house; it is common in Persia and in Sind. [It is the *Bādhanj* of Arabia, and the *Malkaf* of Egypt (*Burton, Ar. Nights*, i. 237; *Lane, Mod. Egypt*, i. 23.]