[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) › c10.9179 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9179 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9179 - **Language:** English ### [c10.9179](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9179) \[1820.—“. . . the mangoe fish (so named from its appearing during the mangoe season). . . . By the natives they are named the \*Tapasvi\* (penitent) fish, (abbreviated by Europeans to \*Tipsy\*) from their resembling a class of religious penitents, who ought never to shave.”—Hamilton, Des. of Hindostan, i. 58.\] - [Previous: c10.9178](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9178) - [Next: c10.9180](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9180) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9179](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9179) · Pramāṇa