abkarin.

Brit.

/abˈkɑːri/, U.S.

/æbˈkɑri/

Forms: 1700s– abcaree, 1700s– abkarry, 1800s abkauree, 1800s aubkary, 1800s– abcarry, 1800s– abcary, 1800s– abkaree, 1800s– abkari, 1800s– abkarree, 1800s– abkary, 1800s– aubkaury, 1900s– abkarri, 1900s– aubkari, 1900s– aubkarry.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Urdu. Partly a borrowing from Persian. Etymons: Urdu āb-kārī; Persian āb-kārī.

Etymology: < Urdu āb-kārī and its etymon Persian āb-kārī distillery, tax on the manufacture or sale of spirituous liquors < āb-kār distiller, wine merchant, cup-bearer ( < āb water ( < the same Indo-European base as Avestan ap , Sanskrit ap , Early Irish ab river: see afanc n.) + -kār , suffix forming agent nouns; ultimately < the same Indo-European base as Avestan kar- , Sanskrit kṛ- to make, produce: see karma n.) + -ī, suffix forming abstract nouns. N.E.D. (1884) gives the pronunciation as (ābkā·ri) /ɑːbˈkɑːrɪ/.

Indian English.

In India: the production and sale of distilled alcoholic drinks; the duty levied on this. Also used allusively with reference to the system of managing the sale of alcohol solely through certain licensed contractors.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > [noun] > on consumable goods > on other consumables

sester-penny1328

granagea1582

malt tax?1699

abkari1790

malt duty1797

1790 in H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson (1886) 752 In respect to Abkarry or Tax on Spirituous Liquors..it is evident that we cannot establish a general rate.

1797 in Regulations Bengal (1828) III. x The stamps shall have the following inscription on them, in the Persian and Bengal languages and characters, and the Hindoostanee language and Nageree character: ‘Abkarry licenses’.

1857 Calcutta Rev. Dec. 282 The Abkari settlement is made..in the following manner.

1882 Times 7 Nov. 5/1 The Supreme Government have, with great wisdom and judgment, vetoed the Bombay Abkari Act.

1959 B. B. Misra Central Admin. E. India Company 1773–1834 ii. 88 A separate section of the Territorial Department was opened in May, 1828, for the administration of miscellaneous subjects of revenue including irrigation, roads, bridges, abkari, imposts, pensions, wards and the like.

1981 Mod. Asian Stud. 15 662 The principal profits of trade came from working and financing the salt, abkari and drug mahals.

2005 Hindu (Nexis) 22 Mar. Flaying the abkari policy of the Government, he said the move to reduce the number of toddy shops and give more permits for starting beer parlours would be against the interests of the common man.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	abkari
释义	abkarin. Brit. /abˈkɑːri/, U.S. /æbˈkɑri/ Forms: 1700s– abcaree, 1700s– abkarry, 1800s abkauree, 1800s aubkary, 1800s– abcarry, 1800s– abcary, 1800s– abkaree, 1800s– abkari, 1800s– abkarree, 1800s– abkary, 1800s– aubkaury, 1900s– abkarri, 1900s– aubkari, 1900s– aubkarry. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Urdu. Partly a borrowing from Persian. Etymons: Urdu āb-kārī; Persian āb-kārī. Etymology: < Urdu āb-kārī and its etymon Persian āb-kārī distillery, tax on the manufacture or sale of spirituous liquors < āb-kār distiller, wine merchant, cup-bearer ( < āb water ( < the same Indo-European base as Avestan ap , Sanskrit ap , Early Irish ab river: see afanc n.) + -kār , suffix forming agent nouns; ultimately < the same Indo-European base as Avestan kar- , Sanskrit kṛ- to make, produce: see karma n.) + -ī, suffix forming abstract nouns. N.E.D. (1884) gives the pronunciation as (ābkā·ri) /ɑːbˈkɑːrɪ/. Indian English. In India: the production and sale of distilled alcoholic drinks; the duty levied on this. Also used allusively with reference to the system of managing the sale of alcohol solely through certain licensed contractors. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > [noun] > on consumable goods > on other consumables sester-penny1328 granagea1582 malt tax?1699 abkari1790 malt duty1797 1790 in H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson (1886) 752 In respect to Abkarry or Tax on Spirituous Liquors..it is evident that we cannot establish a general rate. 1797 in Regulations Bengal (1828) III. x The stamps shall have the following inscription on them, in the Persian and Bengal languages and characters, and the Hindoostanee language and Nageree character: ‘Abkarry licenses’. 1857 Calcutta Rev. Dec. 282 The Abkari settlement is made..in the following manner. 1882 Times 7 Nov. 5/1 The Supreme Government have, with great wisdom and judgment, vetoed the Bombay Abkari Act. 1959 B. B. Misra Central Admin. E. India Company 1773–1834 ii. 88 A separate section of the Territorial Department was opened in May, 1828, for the administration of miscellaneous subjects of revenue including irrigation, roads, bridges, abkari, imposts, pensions, wards and the like. 1981 Mod. Asian Stud. 15 662 The principal profits of trade came from working and financing the salt, abkari and drug mahals. 2005 Hindu (Nexis) 22 Mar. Flaying the abkari policy of the Government, he said the move to reduce the number of toddy shops and give more permits for starting beer parlours would be against the interests of the common man. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1790
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