shanbogue

English

Etymology

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Particularly: “s. Canar. shāna- or sāna-bhoga; shanāya, 'allowance of grain paid to the village accountant'; Sanskrit bhoga, 'enjoyment'.”

Noun

shanbogue (plural shanbogues)

(India, historical) A village clerk or accountant.

Alternative forms

shambogue

References

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