Notes & Queries Archive
REPLY1850

Dulcarnon

By H. W. (Nottingham)

Has *Dulcarnon* any reference to the Hindostanee *Dhoulcarnein*, two-horned,—the epithet constantly applied in India to Alexander the Great, or Iskander, as they call him? It seems not a bad word for a dilemma or puzzle.

Topics: Linguistics, Historical Epithets

Locations: India