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Dougla
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English
Alternative forms
Dogla, Dugla
Etymology
Borrowed from en hns dugalaa many, much, a mix, from en hi दोग़ला mixed blood, crossbreed, mixed breed, mixed race, illegitimate, hybrid, half-caste, corrupted from en fa-cls داغول dāġūl illegitimate child, trickster, cheat.
Noun
en West Indies A Caribbean person of mixed African and Indian descent.
en 2002 Yasurō Hase; Hiroyuki Miyake; Fumiko Oshikawa South Asian migration in comparative perspective, movement, settlement and diaspora But the dilemmas facing douglas and their parents are often different: being born dougla is not the same as choosing intermarriage and bearing a dougla. Parents are not often douglas themselves.
Derived terms
en douglarisation, en douglarization
References
दोगला
Anagrams
en adglou Dougal
en 2-syllable words
en Multiracial