दोग़ला
Hindi
Alternative forms
- दोगला (doglā) — nuqtaless
Etymology
Corrupted from Classical Persian داغول (dāġūl, “illegitimate child, trickster, cheat”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /d̪oːɣ.lɑː/, [d̪oːɣ.läː], /d̪oːɡ.lɑː/, [d̪oːɡ.läː]
Adjective
दोग़ला • (doġlā) (Urdu spelling دوغْلَا)
- of mixed breed, race, or species
- दोग़ला कुत्ता ― doġlā kuttā ― Mixed-breed dog
- born out of wedlock; illegitimate
- Synonym: हरामी (harāmī)
- (figuratively) two-faced, duplicitous, hypocritical
Derived terms
- दोग़लापन (doġlāpan, “mongrelism; illegitimacy; two-facedness”)
Noun
दोग़ला • (doġlā) m (female equivalent दोग़ली, Urdu spelling دوغْلَا)
- mongrel, hybrid
- (linguistics) hybrid
- an illegitimate child; bastard, get, love child
- (figuratively) a two-faced person; hypocrite
- a Dougla person
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | दोग़ला doġlā |
दोग़ले doġle |
| oblique | दोग़ले doġle |
दोग़लों doġlõ |
| vocative | दोग़ले doġle |
दोग़लो doġlo |
Derived terms
- दोग़लाकारी (doġlākārī, “hybridisation”)