دوغلا
Urdu
Alternative forms
Etymology
Corrupted from Classical Persian داغول (dāġūl, “illegitimate child; trickster, cheat”).[3]
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d̪oːɣ.lɑː/
- Hyphenation: دوغْ‧لَا
Adjective
دوغْلَا • (doġlā) (feminine دوغْلِی (doġlī), Hindi spelling दोग़ला)
- of mixed breed, race, or species
- Synonym: دو نَسْلَا (do naslā)
- دوغْلَا کُتَّا ― doġlā kuttā ― Mixed-breed dog
- born out of wedlock; illegitimate
- Synonym: حَرَامِی (harāmī)
- (figuratively) two-faced, duplicitous, hypocritical
Derived terms
- دوغْلَاپَن (doġlāpan, “mongrelism; illegitimacy; two-facedness”)
Noun
دوغْلَا • (doġlā) m (female equivalent دوغْلِی (doġlī), Hindi spelling दोग़ला)
- mongrel, hybrid
- (linguistics) hybrid
- an illegitimate child; bastard, get, love child
- Synonyms: حَرَام زَادَہ (harām zāda), زِنَا زَادَہ (zinā zāda), بَدْزَادَہ (badzāda), قَیُّور (qayyūr), حَرَامِی (harāmī)
- (figuratively) a two-faced person; hypocrite
- Synonym: مُنَافِق (munāfiq)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | دوغْلا (doġlā) | دوغْلے (doġle) |
| oblique | دوغْلے (doġle) | دوغْلوں (doġlõ) |
| vocative | دوغْلے (doġle) | دوغْلو (doġlo) |
Derived terms
- دوغْلَاکَارِی (doġlākārī, “hybridisation”)
Descendants
- → Caribbean Hindustani: dugalaa (“many, much, a mix”)
- → Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi script: ਦੋਗਲਾ (doglā)
- Shahmukhi script: دوغلا (doġlā)
References
- ^ “دوغلہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
- ^ “دوغلہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- ^ John Shakespear (1834), “دوغله”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC