[182] At the end of 1763 the _Gazette_ of Vienna printed a letter from the Hungarian captain, Szekely de Doba. The latter related how a Protestant pastor, when studying at Leyden, made the acquaintance of some Malabar youths, who spoke of a province Zingania (of course Zigeuner), and whose language was that of the Gypsies. He made a vocabulary of about a thousand words, and returning home to Almasch or Almas, near Komorn, he found, to his surprise, that the “tinklers” understood them. The Hindustani grammars published in England (1773) and in Portugal (1778) enabled Grellman, Richardson, Marsden, Ludolf, and others to trace the resemblance with a firm hand. See Mayo and Quindalé, who in p. 45 fall into the vulgar error that the “Mongol-Hindustani jargon” began to be used in India only after the Moghol Conquests. These authors declare that when the celebrated Mezzofanti, of Bologna, became deranged in 1832, he never confused Gypsy with his other thirty-two tongues. Borrow’s _Translation of St. Luke_ is also said to have retained several Spanish words from Padre Scio. As regards the “Germania” _argot_ of Spain, a vocabulary was published about the middle of the last century by Juan Hidalgo; and though mostly obsolete, the useless farrago was textually reproduced in the _Diccionario de la Academia_. [183] It is usually explained as an abbreviation of Símiyá, a word formed in imitation of Kímiyá (alchemy). [184] Curious to say, this word is pure Etruscan, and appears in no other language known to me. [185] Newbold adds: 20, Yuksi or Yeksi; 21, Yirksi wa, etc. 30, Yuksi wa dés (30 and 10); 31, Yuksi wa des wa, etc. 40, Kamáki or Kumáki. 50, Kamáki wa des, etc. 60, Kamáki wa yuksi. 70, Kamáki wa yuksi wa des. 80, Du Kamáki (2 forties). 90, Du Kamáki wa dés. 100, Hel. Bank, Sad (Pers.), or Dúi Kamáki wa yuksi (2 forties + 20); Naw. Beni. 1000, Des Bank (10 hundred); das Sad. [186] I have marked with a star the words which appear original, or rather unconnected with Arabic. The list is compared with Newbold’s vocabularies, H. (Helebi), G. (Ghagar), N. (Náwer). [187] They are not likely to have two words for “father,” so A'rub is probably dialectic. Newbold gives the Helebi word Gárúbi; Ghagar, Bálo, Mánsh; Náwer, Báyábí. [188] The two affixed pronouns--í (my) and ak (thy)--are also pure Arabic. [189] This form of feminine (opposed to Maia, masculine), Sem'ah, from Sem', is also Arabic. Newbold adds: Wife: H. Kúdah; G. Gaziyeh; N. Gad. Husband: H. El-baráneh; G. Marash; N. Maras. Of these the latter two are evidently corrupted from the Sansk. Manushya; Prak. Mánus. Boy: H. Lambún, Sumgun; G. Chabo; N. Sowaiti. Girl: H. Lambúnih, Samgunih; G. Somah, Chabo, or Chai; N. Bubúr. [190] Day: H. Merrakrish; G. Chebish. Rain: H. Matr (Arab.); G. Bursunden (Pers.), Moga; N. Aug. The two latter may be Sansk. Megha, a cloud. Snow: H. Telj (Arab.); G. Gharábi.