[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) › c10.9262 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9262 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9262 - **Language:** English ### [c10.9262](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9262) MARYACAR, n.p. According to R. Drummond and a MS. note on the India Library copy of his book R. Catholics in Malabar were so called. \*Marya Karar\*, or ‘Mary’s People.’ \[The word appears to be really \*marak-kar\*, of which two explanations are given. Logan (\*Malabar\*, i. 332 note) says that \*Marakkar\* means ‘doer or follower of the Law’ (\*marggam\*), and is applied to a foreign religion, like that of Christians and Mohammedans. The \*Madras Gloss.\* (iii. 474) derives it from Mal. \*marakkalam\*, ‘boat,’ and \*kar\*, a termination showing possession, and defines it as a “titular appellation of the Moplah Mahommedans on the S.W. coast.”\] - [Previous: c10.9261](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9261) - [Next: c10.9263](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9263) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9262](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9262) · Pramāṇa