दजला

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دجله (dijla), from Arabic دِجْلَة (dijla), ultimately from Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (idigna, idigina).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

दजला • (dajlāf (Urdu spelling دجلہ)

  1. Tigris (a river in West Asia flowing 1,150 miles east-southeast from the Armenian Highland in Turkey through Iraq)