Etymology

Dougla

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Today it means: A Caribbean person of mixed African and Indian descent. Full definition →

hns dugalaa ← Hindi दोग़ला ← Classical Persian داغول
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The story

  1. Classical Persian · derived fromداغول“illegitimate child, trickster, cheat”
  2. Hindi · derived fromदोग़ला“mixed blood, crossbreed, mixed breed, mixed race, illegitimate, hybrid, half-caste”
  3. hns · borrowed fromdugalaa“many, much, a mix”
  4. 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”).

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