Meanings
plural Douglas · alternative Dogla · alternative Dugla
- CaribbeanA Caribbean person of mixed African and Indian descent.
But the dilemmas facing douglas and their parents are often different: being born dougla is not the same as choosing intermarriage and bearing a dougla. Parents are not often douglas themselves.
2002, Yasurō Hase, Hiroyuki Miyake, Fumiko Oshikawa, South Asian migration in comparative perspective, movement, settlement and diaspora
Origin
- Classical Persianداغول“illegitimate child, trickster, cheat”
- Hindiदोग़ला“mixed blood, crossbreed, mixed breed, mixed race, illegitimate, hybrid, half-caste”
- hnsdugalaa“many, much, a mix”
- EnglishDougla
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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Dougla. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dougla
“Dougla.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dougla. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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