[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) › c10.9229 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9229 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9229 - **Language:** English ### [c10.9229](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9229) MARTABAN, n.p. This is the conventional name, long used by all the trading nations, Asiatic and European, for a port on the east of the Irawadi Delta and of the Sitang estuary, formerly of great trade, but now in comparative decay. The original name is Talaing, \*Mūt-ta-man\*, the meaning of which I have been unable to ascertain. - [Previous: c10.9228](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9228) - [Next: c10.9230](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9230) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9229](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9229) · Pramāṇa