[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) › c10.9216 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9216 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9216 - **Language:** English ### [c10.9216](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9216) \*\*MANNICKJORE\*\*, s. Hind. \*mānik-jor\*; the white-necked stork (\*Ciconia leucocephala\*, Gmelin); sometimes, according to Jerdon, called in Bengal the ‘Beef-steak bird,’ because palatable when cooked in that fashion. "The name of Manikjor means the companion of Manik, a Saint, and some Mussulmans in consequence abstain from eating it" (\*Jerdon\*). \[Platts derives it from \*mānik\*, ‘a ruby.’\] - [Previous: c10.9215](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9215) - [Next: c10.9217](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9217) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9216](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9216) · Pramāṇa