Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9020
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9020
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1612.—"The Arabs call it *Malakat*, from collecting all merchants."—*Sijara Malayu*, in *J. Ind. Arch.* v. 322.