Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 190
and H. B. G. * Gymkhana is a word of recent origin, probably invented in Bombay, India, by English residents. Khana means house, andgend means ball, and the Hindus called the racket-court a gendkhana. Possibly the change of gend to gym is due to the word^y;«nasium, for gymkhana in India was applied… … OUr\ RIDDLEBOX WWWWH
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