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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian دوآب (do-âb) and Hindi दोआब (doāb), properly meaning "two waters".
Pronunciation
Noun
doab (plural doabs)
- (India) A tongue or tract of land included between two rivers, especially that between the Ganga and the Yamuna
- the doab between the Ganga and the Yamuna
2010, John Keay,
India: A History :
- Known as the northern black polished (NBP), it first appears after 500 BC, rapidly supersedes the earlier styles (PGW, BRW) in Bihar and UP, an eventually extends across the Doab and deep into Panjab, east to Bengal and south to Maharashtra.
Anagrams
Volapük
Pronunciation
Noun
doab (nominative plural doabs)
- dollar
Declension
declension of doab
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only