A compendious grammar of the current corrupt dialect of the jargon of Hindostan, (commonly called Moors); with a vocabulary, English and Moors, Moors and English. With references between words resembling each other in sound, and different in signification; and Literal Translations of the Compounded Words and Circumlocutory expressions for attaining the Idiom of the Language. To which are added Familiar Phrases and Dialogues. &c., &c., with notes Descriptive of various Customs and Manners of Bengal. For the use of the Bengal and Bombay Establishments. By George Hadley, formerly on the Military Establishment at Bengal.
- Hadley, George, -1798.
- Date:
- 1796
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Also known as
Grammatical remarks on the practical and vulgar dialect of the Indostan language
Publication/Creation
London : printed for J. Sewell, No. 32, Cornhill, 1796.
Physical description
vii,[1],viii,21,[3],vii,[1],124,vi,55,[4],128-229,222-229,[1]p. ; 80.
Contributors
Edition
The fourth edition corrected and much enlarged.
References note
ESTC T2507
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.