[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) › c9.7 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c9.7 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c9.7 - **Language:** English ### [c9.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c9.7) 565 \*a.\*—Mr. Edwardes (\*op. cit.\* p. 5) derives \*\*Mazagong\*\* from Skt. \*matsya-grāma\*, “fish-village,” due to “the pungent odour of the fish, which its earliest inhabitants caught, dried and ate.” - [Previous: c9.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c9.6) - [Next: c9.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c9.8) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c9.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c9.7) · Pramāṇa