husbullhookum

English

Etymology

Arabic حسب الحكم (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “ḥasb-ul-ḥukm, literally "according to order"”)

Noun

husbullhookum (plural husbullhookums)

1. (India, historical) A document issued by officers of state on royal authority, serving as a grant or a decree.

Further reading

• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “HOSBOLHOOKUM”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 427.