The story
- Classical Persian · derived fromداغول“illegitimate child, trickster, cheat”
- Hindi · derived fromदोग़ला“mixed blood, crossbreed, mixed breed, mixed race, illegitimate, hybrid, half-caste”
- hns · borrowed fromdugalaa“many, much, a mix”
- English todayDougla
Borrowed from Caribbean Hindustani dugalaa (“many, much, a mix”), from Hindi दोग़ला (doġlā, “mixed blood, crossbreed, mixed breed, mixed race, illegitimate, hybrid, half-caste”), corrupted from Classical Persian داغول (dāġūl, “illegitimate child, trickster, cheat”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.