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Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive

Contributor(s): Yule, Henry (Author), Burnell, A C (Author), Crooke, William (Editor)

ISBN: 9788119953554

Publisher: Manohar Books

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Pub Date: September 1, 2024

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Glossary

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.00" H x 0.00" L x 0.00" W ( 0.00 lbs) 1069 pages

BISAC Categories:

History | Asia | South India

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Description: Languages do not see barriers, and they adopt certain words while traversing to distant lands. Indian lexicons in English came to prominence, when the Portuguese, Dutch, and other colonial nations before the British Raj learned about specific Indian vocabularies and adopted them into their dictionaries.

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