68 HINDUSTANI LOAN-WORDS IN MALAY 



Kuli ' paid labourer/ The Hind, is hull and hull but the word, 

 may be of Dravidian origin; connected with the Tamil hull 

 ' hire/ 



Gudang i store/ There is a Hind, word goddn, [which may be 

 derived froni the Anglo-Indian ' godown/ Probably ' Hob- 

 son- Jobson ' is right in deriving it ultimately from the Dravi- 

 dian : Telugu gidangi, Tamil hidangi ' a place where goods 

 lie ? from Jcidu ' lie/] 



Muti i pearl ' is not the Tamil muttu but the Hindustani moti. 



Wilkinson's Dictionary has identified already Beti, Chap,, 

 Dobi, Kakat, Roti, Ghi as Hindustani. 



Lagam i bit of a horse/ which I give as Hindustani in my "' Gram- 

 mar/' is a Hindustani loan-word in Persian, and perhaps has 

 been borrowed by Malay from the Persian. 



