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TITLE: Hobson-Jobson: Being a Glossary of Anglo-Indian Colloquial words and Phrases and of Kindred terms; etymological historical geographical and discursive
AUTHOR: John Murray
PUBLISHER: Yule & AC Burnell
PLACE: London
YEAR: 1886
BINDING: Original red cloth
NO.OF PAGES: xlviii + 870 pp
SIZE:
Height: 22.7 cm
Width: 16 cm
Depth: 6 cm

THIS BOOK REMAINS A CLASSIC TILL DATE

Hobson-Jobson, the classic dictionary-cum-encyclopedia of such words, was first published by John Murray in 1886 during the heyday of empire.

Britain traded with India, through the East India Company, for two and a half centuries; ruled India directly for almost two centuries until 1947; and gave contemporary India what is in effect its national language. So it is not surprising that many words in current British use have Indian origins, for example: bungalow, cash, chintz, curry, kedgeree, loot, punch (the drink), pariah, pundit, pyjamas, shampooand thug. Some other Indian-origin words, such as box-wallah, nabob, pukka, puttee, sahib and topee are still widely understood in Britain.