Hobson-Jobsona Glossary Of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words And Phrases, And Of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical And Discursive

About the A glossary of colloquial Anglo-Indian words and phrase, and of kindered terms; etymological, historical, geographical and discursive. The etymology for the title of the book is the chant at the Muharram observance : Ya! Husain Ya! Hasan. This extremely interesting work gives the Asian origin of words that have found their way into the English language. It is a thick 1021 page book, and is full of references for the progress of Indian/Asian words from the original to the corrupted words and phrases, many of which are in British English even today. The notices of travelers to India, from the ancient times (Herodotus is mentioned often) till the late 19th century makes this book a valuable source book for the various notices it gives of India through the ages. One example to illustrate the scope, is the word 'Rupee' : it came from 'Rupaiya', which came from 'Rupa', which, in turn is the word for Silver. This indispensable book is a reprint of the 1903 edition. About the Sir Henry Yule KCSI CB FRSGS was a Scottish Orientalist and geographer. He published many travel books, including translations of the work of Marco Polo and Mirabilia by the 14th-century Dominican Friar Jordanus. He was also the compiler of a dictionary of Anglo-Indian terms, the Hobson-Jobson, with Arthur Coke Burnell. He arrived in Calcutta at the end of 1840. His first posting was in the Khasi Hills, a remote area to the northeast of Bengal in the modern state of Meghalaya. His mission was to establish a practical method of transporting coal to the plains. In this he was unsuccessful but he became fascinated by the region and wrote an account of its people, including the first written description of their living root bridges.