Dekkan
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English
Proper noun
Dekkan or the Dekkan
- Alternative spelling of Deccan
- 1895, Rudyard Kipling, Red Dog:
- Mowgli's wanderings had taken him to the edge of the high grassy downs of the Dekkan, and he had seen the fearless dholes sleeping and playing and scratching themselves in the little hollows and tussocks that they use for lairs.
French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from English Deccan, Dekkan, from Hindustani दक्खिन / دکھن (dakkhin).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Dekkan m
- Deccan (A region of central and southern India comprising the Deccan Plateau and surrounding areas.)
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindustani दक्खिन / دکھن (dakkhin), probably via English Deccan.
Proper noun
Dekkan m (proper noun, strong, genitive Dekkans)
- Deccan (A region of central and southern India comprising the Deccan Plateau and surrounding areas.)