Salman Rushdie's essay "Hobson Jobson" discusses the legendary dictionary of the same name that compiled Indian words used by British colonizers. The dictionary, written by Henry Yule and Arthur Coke Burnell, contains over 2000 entries of Anglo-Indian words and terms derived from Indian languages that came into common use during British rule. Rushdie provides examples of words that entered the English language through corruption or interpretation of their original Indian roots, such as "juggernaut" from the Hindu deity Krishna, and explains how English and Indian languages influenced each other through the mingling of their words.

1. Name:- Pandya Riva m
Roll no-23
Paper:-11
Topic:-Salman Rushdie’s essay Hobson
jobson

2.  He was born in 1947 in
Bombay. Then British
India into a Muslim family
of Kashmir descent.
 His genre is magic
realism, satire and post
colonialism.
 He is famous for his
novelist and essayist
 In the essay Hobson
Jobson , he tells us how a
dictionary with Indian
words for colonizers use
came into existence.

3.  Hobson Jobson is the
legendary dictionary of British
India. Or it is a historical
dictionary of Anglo Indian
words and terms from Indian
languages which came into use
during the British rule of India.
 It was written by Henry Yule
and Arthur coke Burnell.
 A subsequent edition was
edited by William Crooke in
1903.
 The dictionary holds over 2000
entries.

4. Hobson jobson is the short title of Hobson
Jobson – A Glossary of colloquial Anglo
Indian words and phrases and of kindred
terms etymological , historical ,
geographical and discursive.

5.  In Anglo Indian English , the term Hobson
jobson refered to any festival or entertainment
but especially ceremonies of the mourning of
muharram.
 In origin the term is a corruption by British
soldiers of which is
repeatedly cried by Shiya Muslims as they
beat their chests throughout the procession of
the muharram.
 This was converted to Hosseen Gosseen,
Hossy Gossy, Hossein Jossen and ultimately
Hobson Jobson.

6.  The British empire many pundits now
agree descendent like a juggernaut upon
the barbicans of the East in search of loot.
The moguls of raj went in palanquins ,
smoking cheroots to sip toddy or sherbet
on the verandahs of the gymkhana club
while the memsahib's fretted about the
thugs in bandannas and dungarees who
roamed the night like pariahs plotting
ghoulish deeds.

7. gymkhana
Palanquins
verandahs

8.  Other words
Pundit- A person who express opinion
Juggernaut- a large trucks, form of lord
Krishna
Cheroots- a kind of cigar
Loot- stolen things

9. Rushdie talks about Marathi, Hindi,
Guajarati and Sanskrit based in English
words.
• Guajarati/marathi takiTank
• Sanskrit-karshaCash
• weightTula
• Hindi-champnaShampoo

10. macheen
maha-
cheen
Great
china
Chiz cheese

11. British India had absorbed some Indian
words
• To make understandsamjao
• Look outpuckerow
• sorcerersJadoogars

12. Snow rupee authority
Poggle madman, pagal
Dam In India comes from Damri

13. Rushdie seems against the distortion of
words.
English and Indian languages words
mingled with each other.
He gave some interesting notions behind
the word formation in English and Indian
languages.