Binky Nabob

English

Etymology

From Kannada [Term?]. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Hobson-Jobson: "It is properly benkī-nawāb, from Canarese benkī, 'fire'."”)

Proper noun

the Binky Nabob

1. (India, historical, obsolete) The commandant of the artillery.

Related terms

• nabob
• nawab

References

• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “Binky Nabob”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].