[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) › c10.9263 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9263 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9263 - **Language:** English ### [c10.9263](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9263) MASCABAR, s. This is given by C. P. Brown (MS. notes) as an Indo-Portuguese word for ‘the last day of the month,’ quoting \*Calcutta Review\*, viii. 345. He suggests as its etymon Hind. \*mās-ke-ba’ad\*, ‘after a month.’ \[In N. Indian public offices the \*māskabār\* is well known as the monthly statement of cases decided during the month. It has been suggested that it represents the Port. \*mes-acabar\*, ‘end of the month’; but according to Platts, it is more probably a corruption of Hind. \*māsik-wār\* or \*mās-kā-wār\*.\] - [Previous: c10.9262](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9262) - [Next: c10.9264](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9264) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9263](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9263) · Pramāṇa