[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) › c6.46 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c6.46 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c6.46 - **Language:** English ### [c6.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c6.46) An example of this is \*boy\*, in its application to a native servant. To this application have contributed both the old English use of \*boy\* (analogous to that of \*puer\*, \*garçon\*, \*Knabe\*) for a camp-servant, or for a slave, and the Hindī-Marāṭhī \*bhoi\*, the name of a caste which has furnished palanquin and umbrella-bearers to many generations of Europeans in India. The habitual use of the word by the Portuguese, for many years before any English influence had touched the shores of India (\*e.g. bōy de sombrero\*, \*bōy d'aguoa\*, \*bōy de palanquy\*), shows that the earliest source was the Indian one. - [Previous: c6.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c6.45) - [Next: c6.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c6.47) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c6.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c6.46) · Pramāṇa