[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) › c10.9042 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9042 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9042 - **Language:** English ### [c10.9042](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9042) c. 1030.—“The special name of \*Dīva\* is given to islands which are formed in the sea, and which appear above water in the form of accumulations of sand; these sands continually augment, spread, and unite, till they present a firm aspect . . . these islands are divided into two classes, according to the nature of their staple product. Those of one class are called \*Dīva-Kūzah\* (or the Cowry Divahs), because of the cowries which are gathered from coco-branches planted in the sea. The others are called \*Dīva-Kanbar\*, from the word \*kanbar\* (see COIR), which is the name of the twine made from coco-fibres, with which vessels are stitched.”—\*Al-Bīrūnī\*, in \*Reinaud\*, Fragmens, 124. - [Previous: c10.9041](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9041) - [Next: c10.9043](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9043) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9042](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9042) · Pramāṇa