A C Burnell: 2 books
Hobson-Jobson
Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words And Phrases
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2018
Reprint of the second (1939) edition of the work that is still the standard source-book of the Anglo-Indian language.
Hobson-Jobson
The Definitive Glossary of British India
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2013
'A glossary of colloquial Anglo-Indian words and phrases, and of kindred terms, etymological, historical, geographical and discursive.' Hobson-Jobson is a unique work of maverick scholarship. Compiled in 1886 by two India enthusiasts, it documents the words and phrases that entered English from Arabic,...