[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) › c10.722 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c10.722](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.722) 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. \[It is the \*Bādhanj\* of Arabia, and the \*Malkaf\* of Egypt (\*Burton, Ar. Nights\*, i. 237; \*Lane, Mod. Egypt\*, i. 23.\] - [Previous: c10.721](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.721) - [Next: c10.723](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.723) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.722](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.722) · Pramāṇa