doab
/ˈdoʊ.ɑːb/
doab noun: a tongue or tract of land included between two rivers, especially that between the Ganges and the Yamuna.
Noun
doab (plural doabs)
- A tongue or tract of land included between two rivers, especially that between the Ganges and the Yamuna
- the doab between the Ganges and the Yamuna
- Bobby pressed his forehead against the rain-splashed windowpane as the train lumbered across the sodden Doab, and prayed for the health of the Tyneside Tail Twisters.1889, Rudyard Kipling, “Only A Subaltern”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 145
doab meaning in Hindi and Punjabi
doab in Hindi
- doab
- दोआब doāb
doab in Punjabi
- doab
- ਦੁਆਬਾ duābā, ਦੋਆਬ doāba
Forms of doab
| plural | doabs |
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Origin of doab
Borrowed from Persian دوآب (do-âb) and Hindi दोआब (doāb), properly meaning "two waters".
Questions about doab
- What does doab mean?
- Doab means a tongue or tract of land included between two rivers, especially that between the Ganges and the Yamuna.
- What is doab in Hindi?
- Doab in Hindi is दोआब (doāb). See Doab meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is doab?
- Doab is a noun.
- How do you pronounce doab?
- Doab is pronounced /ˈdoʊ.ɑːb/.
- What is the plural of doab?
- The plural of doab is doabs.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: doab (page history and authors); दोआब (Hindi) (page history and authors); ਦੁਆਬਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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