Its variations show a familiar effort to bring a new and strange word into harmony with the language—an effort arising from what philologists call the law of Hobson-Jobson.
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Hobson-Jobson — 1690s, hossen gossen, said to have been British soldiers mangled Anglicization of the Arabic cry they heard at Muharram processions in India, Ya Hasan! Ya Husayn! ( O Hassan! O Husain! ), mourning two grandsons of the Prophet who died fighting… … Etymology dictionary
hobson-jobson — |häbsən|jäbsən noun ( s) Usage: usually capitalized H&J Etymology: Anglo Indian modification (influenced by the English surnames Hobson and Jobson) of Arabic yā Ḥasan! yā Ḥusayn! O Hasan! O Husain! (cry repeated at the Muharram festival as an… … Useful english dictionary
hobson-jobson — noun A word or phrase borrowed by one language from another and modified in pronunciation to fit the set of sounds the borrowing language typically uses. See Also: law of Hobson Jobson … Wiktionary
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