Hobson-Jobson : a glossary of colloquial Anglo-Indian words and phrases, and of kindred terms, etymological, historical, geographical and discursive

Author(s)

• Yule, Henry, Sir
• Burnell, A. C. (Arthur Coke)
• Crooke, William

Bibliographic Information

Hobson-Jobson : a glossary of colloquial Anglo-Indian words and phrases, and of kindred terms, etymological, historical, geographical and discursive

by Henry Yule and A. C. Burnell

Humanities Press, 1968

New [2nd] ed. / edited by William Crooke

Note

This ed. first published in 1903

"List of fuller titles of books quoted in the glossary": p. xxvii-xlvii

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This dictionary is the standard source-book of the Anglo-Indian language, of importance both linguistically and for the insight it gives into the society which produced it.

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BA79974559
• ISBN:
  • 0710028865
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xlviii, 1021 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PE3501
  • DC : 422/.4/91
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : English language -- India -- Dictionaries
  • LCSH : English language -- India -- Etymology -- Dictionaries
  • LCSH : English language -- Foreign words and phrases -- Indic -- Dictionaries
  • LCSH : India -- Languages -- Influence on English -- Dictionaries
  • LCSH : India -- Civilization -- Dictionaries