hubba
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Etymology
Borrowed from Hindustani حَبَّہ (habba) / हब्बा (habbā), from Classical Persian حبه (habba), from Arabic حَبَّة (ḥabba).
Noun
hubba (plural hubbas)
- (British India) A grain.
- 1825, William Milburn, Thomas Thornton, Oriental Commerce, page 111:
- Diamonds and pearls are sold by hubbas and ruttees; 8 hubbas equal to 1 ruttee, about 2 grains troy.
- (British India) A jot or tittle; the smallest amount.
- 1786, Warren Hastings, India Courier Extraordinary, page 307:
- The camp Banyans, to make their purchases of him, pay the assize your Highness may fix, and not a hubba shall be taken without payment being made.
See also
References
- Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “hubba”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 428.
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